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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Alec doing when Richard awakes?
(a) Sleeping.
(b) Writing.
(c) Playing a game.
(d) Reading.

2. How does Alec react to Richard's present?
(a) He is openly ecstatic.
(b) He is not pleased.
(c) He is completely indifferent.
(d) He is secretly thrilled.

3. How long does Katherine say that Richard has to give his answer about the job?
(a) Three days.
(b) A day.
(c) A fortnight.
(d) A week.

4. Who does Michael meet and sleep with, when he stands up his lover?
(a) He meets his lover's wife.
(b) He meets his lover's girlfriend.
(c) He meets his lover's handmaid.
(d) He meets his lover's daughter.

5. What do the commoners do on the night of the Duchess's party?
(a) Have their own party in the slums.
(b) Cause a riot in the Old Market.
(c) Watch the festivities from the river bank.
(d) Break into the homes of the rich while they're away.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Michael believe the Duchess is having an affair with?

2. Where does the duel where the swordsmen are killed take place?

3. Who do people suspect hired de Maris and Lynch?

4. How do Lady Mary Halliday and Duchess Tremontaine describe Michael?

5. What does the Duchess give to the man Michael believes she is having an affair with?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Alec wakes Richard during the night, after Richard's meeting with Katherine?

2. What does Richard say after he kills Brent?

3. What is the conflict between Lord Basil Halliday and Lord Karleigh?

4. What does Richard tell Katherine about Alec's background?

5. Why does Michael originally decide that he will sleep with Lord Horn?

6. What does Ginnie Vandall think of Richard's performance in the sword fight?

7. What is Michael's relationship with Vincent Applethorpe?

8. What do Richard and Alec say about the Duchess, as they watch the party?

9. How does Lord Horn end up angry at Michael during the Duchess's party?

10. Why are Lady Mary Halliday and Duchess Tremontaine annoyed when Lady Godwin and her son arrive?

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