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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Basil Halliday think about the use of swordsmen to defend a nobleman's honor?
(a) He thinks it's barbaric.
(b) He thinks it's reasonable.
(c) He thinks it's elegant.
(d) He thinks it's cliche.

2. What does Katherine tell Richard when she meets him at the tavern?
(a) She needs his help to save Alec from trouble.
(b) She wants to protect him from noblemen like Lord Ferris.
(c) She wants to run away with him.
(d) She wants to help him find Alec.

3. Does Richard admit to killing Lord Horn at his trial?
(a) No, because he is not allowed to speak.
(b) No, although they try to coerce him.
(c) Yes, freely.
(d) Yes, after being coerced.

4. How does Richard taste the drug Alec has been taking?
(a) On Alec's arm.
(b) In Alec's food.
(c) On Alec's lips.
(d) In Alec's glass.

5. What has Michael concerned himself with, since fleeing the city?
(a) The Duchess's wool imports.
(b) The Duchess's relations with foreign sculptors.
(c) The Duchess's relations with foreign monarchs.
(d) The Duchess's dye imports.

6. What makes Richard curious enough to follow Michael?
(a) Michael's sword.
(b) Michael's way of walking.
(c) Michael's physique.
(d) Michael's clothes.

7. When Richard is captured, where is he held?
(a) In a dungeon under a noble house.
(b) In public stocks.
(c) In a prison cell.
(d) In a private room of Lord Ferris's house.

8. How does Lord Ferris react when he recognizes Alec?
(a) He feels that he is caught.
(b) He feels that he can undermine Alec's reputation.
(c) He feels that he has been betrayed by Alec.
(d) He feels that he has been betrayed by the Duchess.

9. What punishment does the court give Lord Ferris?
(a) They send him to prison with no possibility of release.
(b) They send him to prison but with possibility of parole.
(c) They assign him to a position on a ship that will be at sea for years.
(d) They send him away to a foreign land as an ambassador.

10. What does Alec do when he realizes he's being followed?
(a) He goes up and starts talking to a stranger.
(b) He keeps going.
(c) He turns back to the theater.
(d) He ducks into a bar.

11. What happens to Lord Ferris's position as Dragon Chancellor?
(a) Lord Ferris is stripped of his powers but allowed to keep the position.
(b) Lord Ferris steps down from the post.
(c) Lord Ferris is allowed to keep the position with full powers.
(d) Lord Ferris is thrown off the Council.

12. What does Basil Halliday think about the nobility's power?
(a) He thinks the nobility has too much power in some ways and too little in other ways.
(b) He thinks the nobility has too much power.
(c) He thinks the nobility's power is well-balanced.
(d) He thinks the nobility has too little power.

13. Who follows Alec when he leaves the theater?
(a) Two children.
(b) A nobleman.
(c) A woman.
(d) Two swordsmen.

14. How much longer does Applethorpe think Michael needs to train to be ready to fight?
(a) A month or two.
(b) A week or two.
(c) A year or two.
(d) Applethorpe thinks he's ready.

15. Who does Katherine meet at Rosalie's Tavern?
(a) Alec.
(b) Ginnie.
(c) Richard.
(d) Lord Horn.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lord Ferris do when his plot is revealed?

2. Does Richard agree to the kidnappers' demands?

3. Where is Richard when he receives the message from Alec about his kidnapping?

4. What does Alec say about the Duchess's part in Lord Ferris's plan to kill Basil?

5. What does the Duchess believe that Michael wants?

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