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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. Which of the following characters is identified in this section as the Black Queen of the more current times?
2. How long has the Bishop been in America at the beginning of this section?
3. How did Catherine, Lily and Solarin get to see Robespierre's diagram?
4. What does the Abbess hope to learn from Catherine the Great before she dies?
5. Which of the following is a dry reddish cake of material that when mixed with other elements could perform miracles of alchemy and heal all human illness?
Short Essay Questions
1. What information does Charlot share with Mireille and what sacrifice does Charlot make for Mireille?
2. What does Mireille see when she arrives at the hidden valley and what happens when she arrives there?
3. What prophecy does Charlot offer to Napoleon?
4. What does Minnie reveal to Catherine and Lily about where the service is hidden and what does she provide them to help them collect them?
5. What events happen with the Bishop in London and what does she bring him?
6. What information does Kamel share with Catherine about El-Marad, the man she is looking for?
7. What has the Abbess concealed in her room and how does Catherine react to it when the Abbess reveals it to her?
8. What does Minnie tell Catherine that she was chosen to be and what realization about herself does Catherine come to?
9. What do Catherine, Lily and Solarin agree is the only way to test their theory about the formula?
10. What connection does Lily explain to Catherine about the ax and chess?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Of what significance is April 4th and how does the author develop the idea of this date throughout the novel? What things (people and events) does it represent a spiritually convergent date for? What and how does this foreshadow?
Essay Topic 2
What two functions did the character Corday serve in the novel? Which function was a clever incorporation of fiction into fact? Evaluate the author's skill at accomplishing this task.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay on the author's purpose for including quotes and titles at the beginning of each section of the book? What do they offer?
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