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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Lymond tells Brice that ____________________ must know where Robin Stewart is and Brice can go free.
(a) Queen Catherine.
(b) The King of France.
(c) Mary de Guise.
(d) The French Ambassador.

2. Who fires a flaming arrow at a boat near Queen Mary's boat?
(a) Choate.
(b) Cardiff.
(c) Cholet.
(d) Cromwell.

3. Lymond pays plunderers to cart him to ____________.
(a) Deauville.
(b) Doubtance.
(c) Dover.
(d) Delacroix.

4. Margaret watches _______________ leave for Ireland.
(a) Pilar.
(b) Sir George.
(c) Robin.
(d) James.

5. Who does Robin enlist to give the information he has about the next assassination attempt to Lymond?
(a) Philip Doane.
(b) Pippa DuBarry.
(c) Peter Dawson.
(d) Piedar Dooly.

Short Answer Questions

1. The King decides that Lymond must duel with whom?

2. Lymond visits _________________ to discuss his keeping an eye on the man in #146 and coaxing a confession out of him.

3. Why is Richard so upset with Lymond?

4. Richard and the Erskines try to find out who, besides _______________, was set on killing Lymond and Queen Mary.

5. Who actually kills the animal in the arena?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the purpose of the arrival in France of the English Ambassage Extraordinary?

2. What is the result of Robin's attacking Lymond while the court members are enjoying an evening out of doors?

3. What are the circumstances of Brice's death and why does Lymond insist that Robin be returned to France unharmed?

4. What is Robin's sentence for his part in the plot to murder Queen Mary? Why will the sentence not be carried out?

5. Name some direct and indirect examples that support the riddle regarding a woman who gives herself up to a man because of what he has to offer her.

6. Whose name does Oonagh give O'LiamRoe as the other henchman involved in the murder plot?

7. What happens at court when it is believed that Lymond is dead?

8. How does O'LiamRoe unwittingly stumble upon information related to the plot to kill Queen Mary?

9. Why is the riddle about dissolving verbal contracts relevant for Robin?

10. How does O'LiamRoe enjoy the English court and what is the one aspect of the French court that is still of interest to him?

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