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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What causes the mystical spell to be broken?
(a) Charlemagne jumping up from the table and knocking the chess set to the floor
(b) The wager being written down in blood
(c) Garin jumping up from the table and knocking the chess set to the floor
(d) The arrival of a set of Arab soldiers

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

3. Who do Valentine and Miereille believe is in danger based on the letter they receive?
(a) Mireille
(b) Alexandrine
(c) Claude
(d) Charlotte

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

5. What rumors do Mireille and Valentine indicate they have heard about the Bishop?
(a) Skills with paint
(b) Cloven foot
(c) Breaking his sacred vows
(d) Intense temper

Short Answer Questions

1. Who founded the convent to which Mireille and Valentine belong?

2. Where does the Bishop plan to take Mireille for refuge?

3. Which character is considered one of the eight "collection points?"

4. Which of the following describes a series of chess moves that results in the empowering of the bishop?

5. When is Catherine's birthday?

Short Essay Questions

1. When the people at the chess match begin to leave, what does Lily believe is true about Fiske, Solarin's opponent?

2. What steps does Catherine take on her own once she and Lily split up to complete research?

3. What coincidence does Catherine's friend Lily point out about how Catherine has spent her time before she leaves for Algeria?

4. What surprise does Mireille find out about herself on the journey to Corsica?

5. What does the Abbess show to Catherine the Great? What does Catherine want with it? How does Catherine react?

6. What is the treasure of the Abbey which the Abbess and nuns vow cannot fall into the hands of the Bishop of Autun?

7. What story does the Bishop tell Mireille and Valentine after the opera when they spend the night at his home?

8. What explanation does the Bishop give for his slight limp after Valentine and Mireille question him about it and the rumors they have heard about it?

9. What story does Catherine tell the Abbess to convince the Abbess that it is important that she receive the entire Service?

10. Why does Catherine Velis believe that she is being sent to Algeria by her accounting firm?

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