2. What does Merivel give to Degeulasse de Gourly?
(a) A powder that will arouse his wife.
(b) A suggested cure for inflamed skin.
(c) A draught to help with sleeplessness.
(d) A potion to sooth the bowels.

3. What demand did Celia make on the King?
(a) To train her as an artist.
(b) To give up his other mistresses.
(c) To give her more money.
(d) To get her a larger apartment.

4. How does Merivel feel about Finn's task?
(a) Jealous.
(b) Excited.
(c) Nervous.
(d) Sad.

5. Why does Rosie want thirty shillings from Merivel?
(a) Because she has lost her job.
(b) Because her husband has died.
(c) Because her parents have died.
(d) Because she is sick and needs a doctor.

6. What does Pearce say will happen to Merivel's love for the King?
(a) Merivel will expel the foul love.
(b) Merivel will keep the love hidden.
(c) Merivel will cut the love out of himself.
(d) Merivel will grow the love inside him.

7. What job does the Justice of the Peace give to Merivel?
(a) Overseer of the Poor.
(b) Distributor of Wages.
(c) Lord Justice of Petty Crimes.
(d) King's Stead in County.

8. How does Merivel feel about Celia?
(a) He doesn't like her.
(b) He likes her but barely knows her.
(c) He loves her.
(d) He likes her as a good friend.

9. What age does Merivel turn at the beginning of Chapter 11?
(a) 43.
(b) 32.
(c) 38.
(d) 27.

10. How soon does the King offer to take Celia back, if she gives up her demand?
(a) Six months.
(b) Two months.
(c) Eight months.
(d) Four months.

11. How is Merivel's playing?
(a) Mediocre.
(b) Good.
(c) Professional quality.
(d) Very bad.

12. What does the King plan to do about his affair with Celia?
(a) End it over a few weeks.
(b) End it quickly.
(c) Continue it quietly.
(d) Make it openly known.

13. What internal organ does Merivel touch in a patient's body?
(a) The heart.
(b) The lung.
(c) The liver.
(d) The spleen.

14. Who does Merivel go to for comfort after talking with Celia?
(a) Lord Bathurst.
(b) Lady Bathurst.
(c) Finn.
(d) Pearce.

15. How is the person in the story cured?
(a) By drowning and being resuscitated.
(b) By drinking a glass of poison.
(c) By expelling a large worm in her excrement.
(d) By vomiting up a sac of eggs.