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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. What is unusual about Merivel's sexual encounter with Katherine?
2. What does Merivel name the baby?
3. What did the King think of the portrait Finn painted?
4. What is the straw resting-place for the doll called?
5. What does Merivel do to help Katherine fall asleep?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the signs that end up hanging outside Frances Elizabeth's house.
2. What does the staff of the hospital decide to do because of the plague?
3. Describe the music at the dance.
4. How does the King feel about Merivel, after time has passed?
5. Who makes up the staff of Whittlesea Hospital?
6. What news does the King give Merivel when Merivel answers the summons?
7. How does Will feel about his master leaving?
8. How does Merivel react to Katherine's death?
9. What punishment did Finn get for arguing with the King?
10. How does Merivel feel about Bath?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In the novel, responsibility is an important theme. The King holds the responsibility for his kingdom and its people. Parents hold responsibility for their children; lords hold responsibility for peasants and servants. People are responsible for their animals. Discuss responsibility in the novel.
1) What is the relationship of power and responsibility in the novel? What are the consequences for the powerful of neglecting their responsibilities?
2) How do the characters in the novel take responsibility for their own lives? To what extend are the characters capable of being responsible for their own lives and destinies?
3) When and why do characters take responsibility for others?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss fate in the novel.
1) Is Merivel in control of his own destiny? How is Merivel governed by fate in the novel?
2) What determines the fates of the rich and the poor in the novel? Why do characters seem to lack control over their own destinies?
3) Discuss Merivel's rescue of the woman from the burning building. Is Merivel a hero for having saved the woman? How is this incident governed by fate? How does Merivel benefit from it?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the values of the characters in the novel, and how the characters assign value to both material and immaterial things.
1) Discuss the valuation of the "nightingale." What gives it value to Merivel, Pearce, and Celia. Why?
2) How do the characters value immaterial things, such as love, friendship, family, tradition, and religion? What role do immaterial things play in the characters' lives?
3) How do the characters value other people? What is this valuation based on?
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