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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Why do the plague flagellants hit themselves?
(a) They want to feel their pain, not the pain of the city.
(b) The think it will cure the plague on the city by their sacrifice.
(c) They think it will stop them from becoming sick.
(d) They want to take the plague on themselves to cure others.

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

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

7. Who helps Merivel make a rag doll for Katherine?
(a) Eleanor.
(b) Pearce.
(c) Hannah.
(d) Ambrose.

8. What is unusual about Merivel's sexual encounter with Katherine?
(a) It has religious overtones.
(b) They roleplay that they're old.
(c) Merivel has difficulty performing.
(d) Katherine is perfectly still.

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

10. What happens to Katherine during the birth of the baby?
(a) She begins hallucinating.
(b) She goes into a coma.
(c) She realizes that she hates Merivel.
(d) She loses her sight.

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

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

13. After leaving London, who does Merivel go to see?
(a) The King.
(b) Pearce.
(c) Finn.
(d) Celia's father.

14. How are the most insane patients kept?
(a) Tied to steel knobs in the wall.
(b) Locked in a large room, free to interact.
(c) Locked in small individual rooms.
(d) Chained to posts.

15. Who comes to the hospital for a visit and is turned away?
(a) The King.
(b) Celia.
(c) Katherine's mother.
(d) Violet.

Short Answer Questions

1. What name does Merivel go by at Whittlesea?

2. What does Merivel buy in preparation for seeing the King?

3. How does the King feel about Celia?

4. How does Merivel celebrate his birthday when Katherine is pregnant?

5. What does Piepold spend his days thinking of?

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