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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. What does Catherine tell El-Marad?

2. Which of the following characters controls the leaders of the Revolution?

3. What does Mireille name the falcon that she captures and trains to hunt for her and her guide as they travel across Algeria?

4. What does Catherine tell Lily science has discovered that everything (matter, light and sound) is held together by?

5. Which of the following characters is identified in this section as the Black Queen of the more current times?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Catherine recall about the time when the lunar and solar calendars cycle back to return to their starting points?

2. What information related to the Montglane service does Mireille learn when she confronts Philidor, Blake and Wordsworth?

3. What is the secret message that El-Marad gives to Catherine and for whom is that secret message intended?

4. What happens to change Mireille's plans to kill Marat and how do they change?

5. What connection does Lily explain to Catherine about the ax and chess?

6. What does Mireille tell David is the only thing that can both destroy the power of the revolution and rebuild France?

7. What has the Abbess concealed in her room and how does Catherine react to it when the Abbess reveals it to her?

8. Where was Lily surprised to find at least two pieces of the service?

9. What information does Kamel share with Catherine about El-Marad, the man she is looking for?

10. What does Minnie tell Catherine that she was chosen to be and what realization about herself does Catherine come to?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe in detail how the author develops suspense throughout the novel? Do you believe the author does it well? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

The author often intertwines fact and fiction throughout the novel. Write an essay describing two examples of this technique where factual information about historical characters is intertwined with fictional information created by the author. Does this technique have a possible thematic resonance? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the the ultimate revelation which is revealed in the book's final moments. How is it foreshadowed throughout the novel?

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