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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Who does Merivel see on the river one morning in 1666?
(a) Celia.
(b) Finn.
(c) The King.
(d) Violet.

5. How successful is Merivel's first use of the plague cure?
(a) The woman he gives it to does not get sick after several weeks.
(b) The woman he gives it to is on her deathbed, and she is cured.
(c) The woman he gives it to gets sick but doesn't die.
(d) The woman he gives it to dies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Piepold spend his days thinking of?

2. Who does Merivel think about as he leaves with Katherine?

3. How does the King feel about Celia?

4. What disease does Merivel come down with?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Merivel discover when he examines Pearce?

2. What act of bravery does Merivel commit?

3. Describe the music at the dance.

4. How does Merivel react to Katherine's death?

5. What news does the King give Merivel when Merivel answers the summons?

6. What does Pearce wonder about flowers?

7. What does Merivel offer Finn?

8. How does Merivel react to Piepold?

9. What does the staff of the hospital decide to do because of the plague?

10. How does Katherine react to the world outside the hospital?

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