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

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

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

4. Who arrives at the trial to testify at the end of Chapter 25?
(a) Katherine.
(b) Lord Halliday.
(c) Lord Ferris.
(d) Alec.

5. What possibility does Lord Ferris hold over Katherine's head?
(a) His ability to prosecute her lover for past crimes.
(b) His ability to have her killed.
(c) His ability to turn her out into the street.
(d) His ability to prosecute her for past crimes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Does Lord Ferris recognize Alec when he sees him at the Duchess's?

2. Whose house does Alec go to?

3. Who does Lord Ferris want to meet with, after he hears that Michael has left town?

4. Who arrives at the performance during intermission?

5. When Ferris and Lord Horn speak privately, what does Ferris tell Lord Horn?

Short Essay Questions

1. What letter do the kidnappers ask Alec to write to Richard?

2. After Richard leaves the Duchess's estate, what is Alec's attitude?

3. How does Lord Horn respond to Alec?

4. What does the Duchess tell Katherine after Alec injures himself?

5. What does Alec give to the Duchess?

6. What happens at the beginning of the formal inquiry into Lord Horn's death?

7. What objection does Alec pose to writing the letter?

8. How does Richard feel about the duel he participates in during Chapter 16?

9. What does Katherine think she recognizes about Alec?

10. Describe the game played at the Duchess's party in Chapter 19.

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