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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. 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.

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

6. What did the woman from Harvey die of?
(a) Heart failure.
(b) Liver failure.
(c) Lung disease.
(d) Kidney failure.

7. Why is the dance rescheduled?
(a) Because the roof collapses.
(b) Because of rain.
(c) Because of an unexpected visitor.
(d) Because a patient has a seizure.

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

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

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

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

12. What happens when Merivel tries to catch up with Piepold's relatives?
(a) He is thrown off his horse.
(b) His horse is too slow.
(c) His horse gets a lame foot.
(d) His horse gets sick and refuses to move.

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

14. What instigated Katherine's illness?
(a) Her father dying.
(b) Her child being killed.
(c) Her husband leaving her.
(d) Her sister being kidnapped.

15. What is written on the gate?
(a) A children's rhyme.
(b) A note to Merivel.
(c) A note to Ambrose.
(d) A verse from the Bible.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long is Merivel confined to bed?

2. What game does the King make Merivel play with him when Merivel answers the King's summons?

3. What happens to Katherine during the birth of the baby?

4. How does Merivel feel about his sexual affair with Katherine?

5. What do the female patients do for exercise?

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