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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. Who does Merivel hope to save in the emergency?
(a) Katherine's mother.
(b) Finn.
(c) His daughter.
(d) Himself.

2. What guidelines does Ambrose set up for Merivel seeing Katherine?
(a) He can see her one hour a day and fifteen minutes each night.
(b) He can see her three times a day for twenty minutes.
(c) He can see her once every two days.
(d) He can see her one half hour a day and never at night.

3. What effect does the plague have on the patients in the hospital?
(a) Paranoia.
(b) Anger.
(c) None.
(d) An unnatural giddiness.

4. How does Katherine feel about Merivel?
(a) She feels like a mother to him.
(b) She loves him.
(c) She hates him.
(d) She is indifferent to him, except sexually.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Merivel's runaway horse end up?

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

4. After leaving London, who does Merivel go to see?

5. Where do Merivel and Katherine go?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the King feel about Merivel, after time has passed?

2. What does Merivel discover when he examines Pearce?

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

4. How does Merivel feel about Pearce?

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

6. What act of bravery does Merivel commit?

7. Who makes up the staff of Whittlesea Hospital?

8. What does Pearce wonder about flowers?

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

10. How does Will feel about his master leaving?

(see the answer keys)

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