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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. What is the result of the duel?
(a) Lymond kills Lord d'Aubigny.
(b) Lord d'Aubigny forfeits.
(c) Lymond forfeits.
(d) Lymonds gravely injures Lord d'Aubigny.

2. It is decided that Robin will be exposed during the _______________________.
(a) Summer solstice.
(b) Winter holidays.
(c) King's birthday celebration.
(d) Moat festivities.

3. Lymond is still very ill from the poison and knows that ______________ is the potential killer.
(a) Robin.
(b) Sir George.
(c) O'LiamRoe.
(d) James.

4. What element was used to poison Lymond?
(a) Nightshade.
(b) Botulism.
(c) Arsenic.
(d) Hemlock.

5. The English Ambassage Extraordinary demands that the Queen of Scots marry the ________________.
(a) King of France.
(b) King of England.
(c) King of Germany.
(d) King of Spain.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lymond pays plunderers to cart him to ____________.

2. King Henry's daughter, Elizabeth, is to marry ___________________.

3. What does Lymond do when Robin makes a comment about Lymond's family and Margaret Erskines?

4. Why is Richard so upset with Lymond?

5. What is the only thing about the French court that holds any interest for O'LiamRoe?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Lymond learn about who is conspiring against him and Queen Mary and why it is necessary for Lymond to die?

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. 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.

4. What did Lymond spend much of his time doing in this chapter regarding the Stewarts?

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

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

7. 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?

8. What role does satire play in the story, and especially in Lymond's life?

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

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

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