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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Bishop discover when he returns home?
(a) Mireille unconscious and wounded
(b) Valentine dead
(c) Camille talking with Robespierre
(d) The chess service on his table

2. Where does Lily manipulate Catherine to go with her?
(a) Outside to confront the man on the bicycle
(b) Library
(c) Waterfront
(d) Chess tournament

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

4. What symbol does the Bishop see on one of the eight pieces of the Montglane Service?
(a) God
(b) Mercury
(c) Venus
(d) Mars

5. How does Germaine convince Camille that she must be spared the trials and executions?
(a) She must flee the country
(b) She is pregnant
(c) She is dying
(d) She has to find David first

6. What does Solarin call which is against all of the rules of chess?
(a) Intermission
(b) J'adoube
(c) Restart
(d) Forfiet

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

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

9. Who is the person that the Bishop says wants to gain control of the service?
(a) Valentine
(b) Richelieu
(c) Voltaire
(d) Catherine the Great

10. Who does the Abbess call the greatest chess master of all?
(a) Richelieu
(b) Catherine
(c) God
(d) Plato

11. Where did Mireille and Valentine hide the chess pieces they were to protect?
(a) Left them buried at the Abbey
(b) Hid them in their mattress
(c) Buried under one of David's trees
(d) Carry them on their person at all times

12. What was the purpose of the Tower of Babel according to Philidor?
(a) To understand the language of God
(b) To search for the service
(c) To protect the city
(d) To reach Heaven

13. What happens to the fortune teller when the lights go down?
(a) She sets up a table to do palm readings
(b) She grabs onto Catherine's hand
(c) She disappears
(d) She screams and runs out the door

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

15. From whom did Philidor hear about the Montglane Service?
(a) Robespierre
(b) Valentine
(c) Euler
(d) David

Short Answer Questions

1. How long is Solarin given to complete his mission?

2. In what occupation was Catherine Velis previously employed?

3. Where does the Bishop want Mireille to go?

4. What does the Arab soldier tell Charlemagne and Garin a blood wager will bring to the person making the wager?

5. On what date is the secret story of the treasure of Montglane Abby told?

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