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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 reasonable.
(b) He thinks it's elegant.
(c) He thinks it's barbaric.
(d) He thinks it's cliche.

2. Where does Katherine tell Richard to come with her?
(a) Into the street to talk privately.
(b) To Richard's landlady's home.
(c) To a disused cottage on the Hill.
(d) To a house in the Old Market.

3. What does Alec think Richard should have for the performance?
(a) A manicure.
(b) New clothes.
(c) A new hat.
(d) A haircut.

4. How difficult is it for Richard to break into Lord Horn's house?
(a) It seems difficult, but turns out to be easy.
(b) Very easy.
(c) It seems easy, but turns out to be difficult.
(d) Very difficult.

5. What does Alec say about the Duchess's part in Lord Ferris's plan to kill Basil?
(a) She was lured into the plot by Lord Ferris.
(b) She was participating in the plot unknowingly.
(c) She was behind the plot.
(d) She had no part in it.

6. What happened to the lead performer, during an early performance of the entertainment?
(a) He was framed and sent to jail.
(b) He was replaced by a conniving understudy.
(c) He was attacked and killed by the audience.
(d) He was killed while fencing on stage.

7. How many people show up to Richard's public trial?
(a) Only the Council members.
(b) Only the highest ranking Lords and their guests.
(c) No one not required to attend.
(d) The whole town.

8. What kind of party does the Duchess hold in Chapter 19?
(a) A tennis party.
(b) A bocce party.
(c) A tea party.
(d) A croquet party.

9. Who reads the note that Richard receives?
(a) Katherine.
(b) Ginnie.
(c) The messenger.
(d) Richard.

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

11. What does Richard do when the Duchess offers him a ruby ring?
(a) He takes it and puts it on his finger.
(b) He takes it and puts it in his pocket.
(c) He tells her to give it to Alec.
(d) He throws it into the fire.

12. Where has Michael been hiding out?
(a) In a monastery on a mountain.
(b) In a foreign land.
(c) With the country nobility.
(d) On a ship at sea.

13. How does Richard respond to his friends who don't want him to see the performance?
(a) He is worried by their concerns.
(b) He laughs at them.
(c) He gets angry at them.
(d) He thinks they are joking.

14. How does the Duchess feel toward Lord Ferris during chapter 19?
(a) Afraid.
(b) Loving.
(c) Angry.
(d) Jealous.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the drug that Alex is on?

2. What does Richard climb and hide in while he breaks into Lord Horn's house?

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

4. Does Richard admit to killing Lord Horn at his trial?

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

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