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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Does Richard tell Michael who ordered the challenge?
(a) No, he lies to Michael.
(b) Yes, but in clouded hints.
(c) Yes, he tells Michael the truth.
(d) No, he refuses to tell Michael anything.

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

3. What does Michael decide to do about the deaths of Applethorpe and Lord Horn?
(a) Kill Alec.
(b) Kill Richard.
(c) Kill himself.
(d) Nothing.

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

5. Who knocks on Richard's door with the news that Lord Horn's swordsmen are dead?
(a) Katherine.
(b) Ginnie.
(c) Michael.
(d) A messenger.

6. Who arrives at the performance during intermission?
(a) Duchess Tremontaine.
(b) Lord Horn.
(c) Lord Ferris.
(d) Basil.

7. When Alec is kidnapped, where is he taken?
(a) Lord Horn's estate.
(b) The Duchess's barge.
(c) A warehouse in the market district.
(d) The back room of a tavern.

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

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

10. How does Alec injure himself?
(a) By drinking poison.
(b) By throwing himself off the balcony.
(c) By walking into the fireplace.
(d) By walking through a glass door.

11. Where does Richard go to find Michael?
(a) The council chamber.
(b) A party.
(c) A tavern on The Hill.
(d) Michael's house.

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

13. What does the Duchess believe that Michael wants?
(a) Love.
(b) Fame.
(c) Money.
(d) Power.

14. Who knocks Michael out after the duel?
(a) Lord Horn.
(b) A group of thugs.
(c) A disguised woman.
(d) Richard.

15. What happens when Lord Ferris tries to visit the Duchess?
(a) He is refused admittance.
(b) He is welcomed by the Duchess.
(c) He is admistted but the Duchess refuses to converse with him.
(d) He is admitted, but no one is home.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the Council call to testify about Lord Horn's death?

2. What does the Duchess's servant invite Richard to join the Duchess in drinking?

3. How does Ginnie react to Richard's decision about the kidnappers' demands?

4. What is the performance Alec wants Richard to go to called?

5. Where does Katherine tell Richard to come with her?

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