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

3. Where do Merivel and Katherine go?
(a) Katherine's brother's house.
(b) Katherine's uncle's house.
(c) Katherine's sister's house.
(d) Katherine's mother's house.

4. How does the King feel about Celia?
(a) He no longer cares for her and has sent her away.
(b) He loves her and has abandoned his other lovers to be with her.
(c) He hates her and has her imprisoned.
(d) He loves her, but she has left him.

5. What does Piepold spend his days thinking of?
(a) Ways to kill people.
(b) Ways to escape.
(c) Ways to harm himself.
(d) Ways to conquer England.

6. What does Merivel do to help Katherine fall asleep?
(a) He rubs her feet.
(b) He sings to her.
(c) He reads to her.
(d) He rubs her back.

7. What natural alternative treatments does Merivel think of for extracting fluids?
(a) Pissing and vomiting.
(b) Sweating and weeping.
(c) Vomitting and weeping.
(d) Sweating and pissing.

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

9. What news comes to Merivel and the King while they are talking?
(a) London Bridge has fallen.
(b) An outbreak of the plague has occurred.
(c) A fire is raging through London.
(d) The river has flooded.

10. How does Katherine feel about Merivel?
(a) She loves him.
(b) She feels like a mother to him.
(c) She hates him.
(d) She is indifferent to him, except sexually.

11. Who is in the house when Merivel emerges from his illness?
(a) No one.
(b) The King.
(c) Celia.
(d) Finn.

12. What does Merivel name the baby?
(a) Katherine.
(b) Hannah.
(c) Margaret.
(d) Celia.

13. What do the men in the George Fox building make?
(a) Mittens.
(b) Chains.
(c) Boots.
(d) Sailcloth.

14. What guidelines does Ambrose set up for Merivel seeing Katherine?
(a) He can see her one hour a day and fifteen minutes each night.
(b) He can see her three times a day for twenty minutes.
(c) He can see her once every two days.
(d) He can see her one half hour a day and never at night.

15. What game does the King make Merivel play with him when Merivel answers the King's summons?
(a) Tennis.
(b) Polo.
(c) Croquet.
(d) Chess.