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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. It is learned that Oonagh is the mistress of whom?
(a) Cormac O'Connor.
(b) Robin.
(c) Lymond.
(d) The King.

2. Robin is put in the arena to fight a __________________.
(a) Bull.
(b) Bear.
(c) Lion.
(d) Wild boar.

3. What worries Lymond about showing up at the French court?
(a) He thinks he may be arrested.
(b) He thinks the King will have him banished.
(c) He thinks Queen Mary may have been killed.
(d) He had been known as Thady Boy Ballagh at court.

4. What does Robin do when Lymond asks to talk to him before Robin kills him?
(a) He stabs Lymond.
(b) He lets Lymond go.
(c) He collapses and weeps.
(d) He runs.

5. Why is Richard so upset with Lymond?
(a) Lymond had made himself the bait for the killer.
(b) Lymond has been slacking in his duties to protect Queen Mary.
(c) Lymond tried to seduce his wife.
(d) Lymond was making treasonous statements about the King.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Robin enlist to give the information he has about the next assassination attempt to Lymond?

2. A wrestling match is to take place between the Cornishman and ________________.

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

4. Who actually kills the animal in the arena?

5. Brice is surprised that the ________________ turned him in.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who is the man the author refers to in the riddle about fasting? Why should this man have maintained his plan to starve himself to death?

4. 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?

5. How can the riddle of putting a horse in a dangerous situation also apply to the deadly situation going on at court?

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

7. Why is it important for O'LiamRoe to go to Oonagh to attain her compliance with talking about the murder plot?

8. What deal does the French Ambassador offer to Brice and why is Brice reluctant to take it?

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

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

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