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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Beauty being taken at the beginning of this section of the book?

2. Who was the sometime Mistress of Beauty when she was in the Court as a slave?

3. The Captain instructs Beauty to always kiss his ___________ when he is at the inn and she is in the room with him.

4. What was the ordeal that Beauty had to face in her previous station as a slave in the Court?

5. Beauty began to experience a mounting passion to _____________ her Mistress and her Master.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Beauty find herself enjoying about the Mistress as they are getting to know each other?

2. When are the slaves not ignored by the villagers, according to the observations of Beauty as she walks through town?

3. How do the slaves at the Mistress' inn go about cleaning the floor and the inside of the inn?

4. What does Nicolas ask Tristan if he had learned as Tristan was being paraded through the street?

5. What is the trouble with Beauty's feelings for the Crown Prince when they are first making love?

6. How is Tristan supposed to enter the house of Nicolas when he is brought there?

7. What is the slave who is being punished and tortured in the middle of the marketplace forced to do?

8. Describe the conditions the slaves are in as they are being brought to the public auction in order to be sold.

9. What are Tristan and Beauty able to do since they are being jostled about in the cart?

10. What does Beauty realize when she is taken to the Court of Eleanor with the Crown Prince?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There are small favors the slaves can enjoy when they are with their Masters and Mistresses.

Part 1: Do you think these small rewards are helpful in the training of slaves?

Part 2: Why do you think the owners reward their slaves at all, especially since they don't have to?

Part 3: How do you think the slaves feel about having small rewards during their training?

Essay Topic 2

The objectification of the slaves in this book is difficult for some to read and to understand completely, as this is certainly not 'normal' by modern society's standards.

Part 1: Why do you think that the slaves are objectified during the course of their training and auctioning?

Part 2: What might happen if the slaves were allowed to feel like humans during their time as slaves?

Part 3: How does a person change when they are only judged by what they look like?

Essay Topic 3

The slaves are treated like animals during the course of their training, made to live in animal conditions.

Part 1: Why do you think the slaves are treated like animals?

Part 2: How do you think the treatment as lesser beings changes the way a slave looks at their Masters or Mistresses?

Part 3: Do you think a slave who was treated more humanely would be as obedient?

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