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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How does Celia feel about Finn's task?
2. What does Merivel report that the thing on Nell's neck is?
3. What does Celia do for the bird when it's sick?
4. Who is with Merivel when Celia arrives?
5. Which word best characterizes the party at Lady Brathurst's home?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who has Celia invited to the house, and why?
2. What is wrong with Lady Bathurst's husband?
3. What does the King's court like about Merivel?
4. What does Merivel think about when he visits Kaw?
5. What does the King tell Merivel in his dream?
6. What does Merivel tell the King after drinking the tampered wine?
7. What does Merivel think about his promise as an artist before he begins trying to paint?
8. How does Merivel set about the job given to him by the Justice of the Peace?
9. What does Merivel tell Finn when Finn asks for the favor?
10. What does the King order Merivel to do for him at the end of the first chapter?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The novel is set in the historical period of the Restoration in England. Discuss this historical setting and the relationship between the novel and history.
1) Why did the author choose to set a novel in this time period and name the novel after the historical period?
2) How do historical events such as the fire in London and the plague affect the story?
3) How does your knowledge of things like modern medicine affect how you view the characters and what they do in the novel?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss rulership and leadership in the novel.
1) The novel centers around King Charles II. What kind of a ruler is he? What qualities make the King a good or a bad leader of his kingdom?
2) What kind of leaders are the Quakers who run the mental hospital? Are they good leaders or bad leaders? How do they make decisions for the people that they govern and care for?
3) What kind of a leader is Merivel? In what instances does Merivel take on a leadership role? Why, and who does he lead? How successful is he?
Essay Topic 3
Merivel is the central character of the novel, and much of the novel revolves around Merivel and his personal perceptions and growth. Discuss Merivel as a character.
1) What are Merivel's primary personality traits at the beginning of the novel? How did those traits develop?
2) How does Merivel change over the course of the novel? How does living at the mental hospital and among the poor in Cheapside affect him?
3) What is Merivel's personality like at the end of the novel? In what ways is he still the same, and in what ways has he changed?
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