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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. What does Tristan finally answer that he felt when he was subjected to all of the tortures and the roles?

2. How many years had Jerard already been a slave in the village, according to his own admission?

3. Who did Beauty dream of as she slipped into a sleep later on in the evening?

4. What does Tristan do as he is taking the Princess as his Mistress commands him to do?

5. Only vaguely was Beauty aware of the ____________ being jerked by the Captain as she was sleeping.

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Mistress Lockley displeased with Beauty and how does she handle this disobedience?

2. What is the secret that Nicolas reveals to Tristan as they are sitting on a hillside during their trip in the countryside?

3. What is Beauty surprised to find when she wakes up in the Captain's room in the morning?

4. How does Nicolas surprise Tristan when he returns to the bedchamber?

5. How must Tristan and the other slaves he is with feed when they are in their stable together?

6. What does Nicolas do as he passes Tristan in the courtyard, though none of the other slaves seems to notice?

7. What does Beauty do when she first sees Nicolas as she is led into his bedchamber by Prince Richard?

8. How does Mistress Lockley handle Tristan when he is brought to the inn by Nicolas?

9. What does the Mistress Lockley want Tristan to do and she pays ten pence so that it can happen?

10. What does Tristan have to do as Nicolas is having dinner for a number of hours?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Slaves are punished publicly for the bad deeds they have done, put into the center of town for display.

Part 1: Do you think public punishment is more or less effective than private punishment?

Part 2: Why do you think public punishment is used for slaves who misbehave?

Part 3: How do you think slaves change after they have been publicly punished for bad behaviors?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

The humiliation the slaves suffer during their lives is palpable in the story, with slaves feeling lower and lower as they are mistreated.

Part 1: Do you think that the slaves need to be humiliated in order to become obedient?

Part 2: Why is being humiliated such a painful experience for a slave?

Part 3: How do you think you would change if you were humiliated day after day?

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