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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. How does Merivel feel about his sexual affair with Katherine?
(a) Nervous.
(b) Guilty.
(c) Ecstatic.
(d) Sad.

2. What does Ambrose tell Merivel?
(a) That he must leave Whittlesea.
(b) That he must commit to become a Quaker.
(c) That he must begin working at manual labor in the grounds.
(d) That he must stop practicing medicine.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the King feel about Celia?

2. Where does Merivel meet Finn, after not seeing him for a long time?

3. What do the female patients do for exercise?

4. Why do the plague flagellants hit themselves?

5. Why is the dance rescheduled?

Short Essay Questions

1. What prompts Katherine to try to hang herself?

2. How does Merivel react to Piepold?

3. How does Merivel feel about Bath?

4. How does Merivel feel about Pearce?

5. What happens when Merivel illicitly visits Katherine?

6. What act of bravery does Merivel commit?

7. What does Merivel offer Finn?

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

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

10. Describe Edmund's dreams.

(see the answer keys)

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