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

2. Why do the arrows not pierce Lymond's skin?
(a) He is able to dodge the arrows.
(b) He is wearing a metal vest underneath his clothes.
(c) He is wearing chain mail.
(d) He is wearing armor.

3. The King decides that Lymond must duel with whom?
(a) Lord d'Aubigny.
(b) Lord d'Augustine.
(c) Lord d'Aubervilles.
(d) Lord d'Ailain.

4. At court it is decided that Queen Mary would marry the ____________________.
(a) Duke of Cambridge.
(b) Dauphin of France.
(c) King of France.
(d) Prince of Wales.

5. What does Queen Mary say to Oonagh the next day that makes Oonagh run away?
(a) She says that she will never go through with the crime.
(b) She says that she had always liked her.
(c) She asks her why she hates her.
(d) She asks her to try to kill her.

Short Answer Questions

1. O'LiamRoe goes to _____________ and finds that he likes this court better than the French one.

2. Lymond pays plunderers to cart him to ____________.

3. Where does the woman who takes Lymond into her home have Lymond sent?

4. Who shoots arrows at Lymond at the outdoor event?

5. Who is Vervassal?

Short Essay Questions

1. What secret agreement do O'LiamRoe and Robin make?

2. Who is Antonius Beck? What does Lymond ask Michel Herisson to do regarding Beck?

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

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

5. What is the significance of satin and scarlet in this chapter?

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

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

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

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

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

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