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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. Where does Merivel's runaway horse end up?
(a) At Whitehall.
(b) At Bidnold.
(c) At the Bathurst estate.
(d) At Bath.

2. What news comes to Merivel and the King while they are talking?
(a) London Bridge has fallen.
(b) The river has flooded.
(c) An outbreak of the plague has occurred.
(d) A fire is raging through London.

3. Why does Merivel want to cure Katherine?
(a) To show that it can be done.
(b) To make up for his past.
(c) For her mother's sake.
(d) To be with her.

4. What does Merivel do most of the day while he is ill?
(a) Writes.
(b) Sleeps.
(c) Draws.
(d) Reads.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do the others tell Edmund he can find God?

2. How do Merivel and Katherine leave for London?

3. What does Merivel do to help Katherine fall asleep?

4. What does Merivel feel for Katherine?

5. Who does Merivel see on the river one morning in 1666?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Edmund's dreams.

2. What prompts Katherine to try to hang herself?

3. What does Pearce wonder about flowers?

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

5. Describe the music at the dance.

6. Describe the signs that end up hanging outside Frances Elizabeth's house.

7. How does Merivel feel about Pearce?

8. What punishment did Finn get for arguing with the King?

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

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

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