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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who founded the convent to which Mireille and Valentine belong?
(a) Charlemagne
(b) Alexander
(c) Garin
(d) Marie-Charlotte

2. What does Catherine believe the Freemasons to be?
(a) Political allies
(b) A force of evil
(c) A force of good
(d) Betrayers to all that is good

3. Where does Nim take Catherine to help calm her?
(a) Chess match
(b) Fortuneteller
(c) Aviary
(d) Restaurant

4. Who was it reported had given Charlemagne the gift of a special chess set?
(a) Garin
(b) Bishop of Autun
(c) Pope
(d) Arab prince

5. Which of the following terms best describes how Kamel reacts to hearing Catherine talk about Sharrif?
(a) With anger
(b) With hope
(c) With reservations
(d) With alarm

6. Which of the following characters tells Mireille that the Abbess sent him?
(a) Mordecai
(b) Letizia
(c) Napoleon
(d) The Bishop

7. What did Voltaire describe could be found in Richelieu's papers and journals?
(a) The mystery of the Bishop's cloven foot
(b) Theories about the Montglane service
(c) The first set of rules governing chess
(d) The history of the Abbey

8. Who left a note for Catherine that she finds when she returns to her apartment?
(a) Fiske
(b) Mordecai
(c) Lily
(d) Solarin

9. Who takes Catherine back to the hotel after Solarin disappeared from the nightclub?
(a) Sharrif
(b) Nim
(c) Catherine
(d) Kamel

10. Who does Lily introduce Catherine to?
(a) Fiske
(b) Llewellyn
(c) Mordecai
(d) Saul

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

12. What does the Abbess do with the pieces of the chess set?
(a) Hides them in the fields
(b) Distributes the pieces among the nuns
(c) Sends them to Rome
(d) Mails them to the Bishop

13. What is Fiske using to transmit?
(a) TImer
(b) Ring
(c) Necklace
(d) Bracelet

14. What does Catherine believe herself to be acting out?
(a) Destiny
(b) Power
(c) Inheritance
(d) Prevention of destruction

15. Why is Lily shocked when she and Catherine arrive at the chess tournament?
(a) Dogs are not allowed
(b) It has already concluded
(c) Solarin did not show up
(d) She is denied access

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Germaine convince Camille that she must be spared the trials and executions?

2. What is jokingly called the eighth wonder of the world in this chapter?

3. In what occupation was Catherine Velis previously employed?

4. What signals that it is time to stop working and return to the convent for the nuns?

5. What did Blanche write on the cocktail napkin she hands to Catherine?

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