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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Where does Merivel meet Finn, after not seeing him for a long time?
(a) In a pub.
(b) In a church.
(c) At Whitehall.
(d) In a park.

4. How much does Merivel pay Finn for his portrait?
(a) Seven shillings.
(b) Twenty-four shillings.
(c) Twelve shillings.
(d) Twenty shillings.

5. How many games does Merivel win?
(a) Five out of seven.
(b) Seven out of seven.
(c) One out of seven.
(d) Three out of seven.

6. What theory does Merivel give at his first contribution to the nightly meeting at the hospital?
(a) That insanity is progressive and should be caught early.
(b) That insanity is contagious and patients should be separated.
(c) That insanity is a false diagnosis.
(d) That insanity is not contained in the body's fluids.

7. What medical practice does Merivel perform regularly at the hospital?
(a) Lobotomies.
(b) Bloodletting.
(c) Maggot therapy.
(d) Leeching.

8. Where does Merivel find a formula for a supposed cure for the plague?
(a) In one of his father's books.
(b) In a book in Katherine's mother's house.
(c) In a book in the King's library.
(d) In one of Pearce's books.

9. Who has purchased Merivel's former home, Bidnold Manor?
(a) A Spanish bullfighter.
(b) A royal Belgian.
(c) A French nobleman.
(d) A Swedish tradesman.

10. What does Merivel feel for Katherine?
(a) Pity.
(b) Hatred.
(c) Love.
(d) Anger.

11. What has happened to Katherine?
(a) She is pregnant.
(b) She is hallucinating.
(c) She is ill with the plague.
(d) She has tried to kill herself a second time.

12. What disease does Merivel come down with?
(a) Influenza.
(b) Mumps.
(c) Chicken Pox.
(d) Measles.

13. How has Merivel changed physically at Whittlesea?
(a) He has grown stooped.
(b) He has not changed.
(c) He has lost weight.
(d) He has gained weight.

14. How does Pearce feel about Merivel being at the hospital?
(a) He thinks Merivel should leave.
(b) He thinks Merivel should stay a short while.
(c) He thinks Merivel should never have come.
(d) He thinks Merivel belongs there.

15. Who does Merivel mistake for his mother?
(a) A servant of the King's.
(b) A shop owner.
(c) A haberdasher's wife.
(d) A barmaid.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Merivel do to help Katherine fall asleep?

2. What effect does the plague have on the patients in the hospital?

3. What do the female patients do for exercise?

4. Where do Merivel and Katherine go?

5. Who does Merivel go to after leaving the manor for good?

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