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

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

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

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

5. When Alec leaves Richard, where does Richard believe he's gone?
(a) Out of the country.
(b) Back among the rich.
(c) To another lover in the slums.
(d) To the courts to plead for Richard's life.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is missing from the Council when Richard's trial begins?

2. What does Lord Horn offer Richard, when Richard breaks into his house?

3. Whose house does Alec go to?

4. What is Alec doing when Richard returns home, after going out?

5. Who arrives at the trial to testify at the end of Chapter 25?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Richard and Alec's last night together like?

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

3. How does Lord Horn respond to Alec?

4. What does Alec give to the Duchess?

5. How did Katherine end her position with Lord Ferris?

6. What does the Duchess tell Alec about Richard and their relationship after Richard has left?

7. How does Lord Horn feel when he finds Richard has broken into his house?

8. What is Ginnie's reaction to the death of Lord Horn's swordsmen?

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

10. Describe the Duchess and Michael's first night as lovers.

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