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

2. From what symptoms is Pearce suffering?
(a) Lung pain, trouble breathing, and sweats.
(b) Stomach pains, racing heart, and insomnia.
(c) Muscle aches, weakness, and fever.
(d) Confusion, loss of balance, and headaches.

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

4. Who does Merivel mistake for his mother?
(a) A barmaid.
(b) A servant of the King's.
(c) A shop owner.
(d) A haberdasher's wife.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How successful is Merivel's first use of the plague cure?

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

3. What date does the dance finally occur?

4. Who does Merivel hope to save in the emergency?

5. What does Ambrose make Merivel do before passing through the gate?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Merivel offer Finn?

2. How does Merivel react to Piepold?

3. How does Merivel feel about Bath?

4. Describe the music at the dance.

5. Who makes up the staff of Whittlesea Hospital?

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

7. How does Merivel feel about Pearce?

8. What does Pearce wonder about flowers?

9. What prompts Katherine to try to hang herself?

10. What is Merivel able to do at the funeral that he could not do while Pearce was alive?

(see the answer keys)

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