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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who are the two people Merivel says he has truly loved?
(a) Violet and Celia.
(b) Violet and the King.
(c) Pearce and the King.
(d) Celia and Pearce.

3. What did the King think of the portrait Finn painted?
(a) He loved it and thought it was a masterwork.
(b) He didn't like it.
(c) He liked it, but not greatly.
(d) He thought it was barely satisfactory.

4. 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 belongs there.
(d) He thinks Merivel should never have come.

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

6. Where does Merivel's runaway horse end up?
(a) At Bath.
(b) At Bidnold.
(c) At Whitehall.
(d) At the Bathurst estate.

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

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

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

10. Who does Merivel go to after leaving the manor for good?
(a) Nell.
(b) Violet.
(c) Rosie.
(d) Celia.

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

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

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

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

15. What happens while Merivel is trying to cure Katherine?
(a) She leaves.
(b) She recovers.
(c) She passes out.
(d) She dies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the straw resting-place for the doll called?

2. What do the men in the George Fox building make?

3. How are the most insane patients kept?

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

5. What instigated Katherine's illness?

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