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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Merivel want to cure Katherine?
(a) To show that it can be done.
(b) For her mother's sake.
(c) To be with her.
(d) To make up for his past.

2. What is the straw resting-place for the doll called?
(a) The nest.
(b) Home.
(c) The manger.
(d) Bethlehem.

3. What do the female patients do for exercise?
(a) Walk and skip around an oak tree.
(b) Play hide and go seek.
(c) Play tennis on the lawn.
(d) Play a game with an imaginary ball.

4. How does Merivel treat Pearce?
(a) With bedrest and herbal remedies.
(b) With bloodletting.
(c) With hourly medicines and exercises.
(d) With an herbal wrap and steam.

5. How long is Merivel confined to bed?
(a) Six weeks.
(b) One month.
(c) Three days.
(d) Two weeks.

6. What does Merivel buy in preparation for seeing the King?
(a) New clothes, a wig, and shoes.
(b) A gift of gems for the king.
(c) A portrait from Finn.
(d) Nothing.

7. How does Merivel feel about Katherine?
(a) He feels like a brother to her.
(b) He hates her.
(c) He loves her.
(d) He lusts after her.

8. What effect does the plague have on the patients in the hospital?
(a) An unnatural giddiness.
(b) Anger.
(c) Paranoia.
(d) None.

9. How does Merivel celebrate his birthday when Katherine is pregnant?
(a) Merivel keeps it a secret and doesn't celebrate.
(b) Merivel and Katherine celebrate quietly together.
(c) Merivel and Katherine throw a big party.
(d) Katherine throws a surprise party for Merivel.

10. How do Merivel and Katherine leave for London?
(a) On a wagon.
(b) On horseback.
(c) On a fancy carriage.
(d) On a boat.

11. What does Ambrose make Merivel do before passing through the gate?
(a) Read the writing on the gate.
(b) Give proof of his identity.
(c) Answer a riddle.
(d) Write an inscription on the gate.

12. What does Ambrose tell Merivel?
(a) That he must stop practicing medicine.
(b) That he must leave Whittlesea.
(c) That he must begin working at manual labor in the grounds.
(d) That he must commit to become a Quaker.

13. Where do the others tell Edmund he can find God?
(a) In the Scriptures.
(b) In church.
(c) In his work.
(d) In himself.

14. What calms Katherine down?
(a) Merivel's presence.
(b) A book.
(c) A religious statue.
(d) A doll.

15. What date does the dance finally occur?
(a) August 30.
(b) July 30.
(c) June 30.
(d) September 30.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Merivel's runaway horse end up?

2. What is written on the gate?

3. What theory does Merivel give at his first contribution to the nightly meeting at the hospital?

4. What is unusual about Merivel's sexual encounter with Katherine?

5. Who does Merivel mistake for his mother?

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