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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following describes a series of chess moves that results in the empowering of the bishop?
(a) A quiet move
(b) An exchange of queens
(c) Fianchetto
(d) Pawn to queen's fourth

2. Why are Valentine and Mireille barely clothed at the beginning of section three?
(a) They are posing for a sculpture
(b) They are having a medical exam
(c) They are posing for a painting
(d) They are bathing

3. What does Harry want Catherine to help him do?
(a) Locate his missing relative in Algeria
(b) Smuggle new historical relics into Algeria
(c) Find safe passage to Algeria
(d) Get pieces from Charlamagne's chess set

4. What does the Arab soldier tell Charlemagne and Garin a blood wager will bring to the person making the wager?
(a) Paradise on Earth
(b) Never ending wealth
(c) Immortality
(d) Death

5. What sport did Charlemagne play frequently and even put a sign in reference to in the convent?
(a) Cricket
(b) Chess
(c) Checkers
(d) Jousting

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Solarin call which is against all of the rules of chess?

2. Why is Lily shocked when she and Catherine arrive at the chess tournament?

3. In what year does this portion of the story take place?

4. Who was it reported had given Charlemagne the gift of a special chess set?

5. How do Miereille and Valentine feel at the opera?

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