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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Soliman begin sleeping in Part Two: Chapter VII?
(a) On the ship's deck
(b) In General Leclerc's bed
(c) On a rug in Pauline's room
(d) In King Henri's bed

2. What is the king’s body sunk into in Part Three: Chapter VII?
(a) Smoldering tar
(b) Quicksand
(c) Wet mortar
(d) A boggy swamp

3. What is Part Three: Chapter I’s title?
(a) The Portents
(b) The Metamorphoses
(c) Conch Shells
(d) Dagon Inside the Ark

4. Where are Queen Marie-Louise and her family in Part Four: Chapter I?
(a) London
(b) Rome
(c) Paris
(d) Berlin

5. What is the Venus of Canova statue holding in Part Four: Chapter I?
(a) A walnut
(b) An orange
(c) An almond
(d) An apple

6. What does Soliman fall ill with in Part Four: Chapter I?
(a) Yellow Fever
(b) Malaria
(c) Diabetes
(d) Skin cancer

7. What slave does Pauline Bonaparte solicit as a masseuse in Part Two: Chapter VI?
(a) Ti Noel
(b) Bouckman
(c) Macandal
(d) Soliman

8. Soliman retells his stories and paints himself as what in Part Four: Chapter I?
(a) An accomplished musician
(b) A High Priest of Voodoo
(c) The Archbishop of Canterbury
(d) King Henri Christophe’s nephew

9. Who is playing the piano in the beginning of Part Four: Chapter I?
(a) Soliman
(b) Améthyste
(c) Queen Marie-Louise
(d) Athenaїs

10. What is Queen Marie-Louise embroidering in the beginning of Part Four: Chapter I?
(a) A baby bottle
(b) A pillowcase
(c) An altar cloth
(d) A rug

11. What is Part Three: Chapter IV’s title?
(a) What the Hand Found
(b) The Reckoning
(c) The Solemn Pact
(d) The Immured

12. What is Part Two: Chapter VI’s title?
(a) The Great Fight
(b) The Ship of Dogs
(c) The Royal Palace
(d) The Amputation

13. What is mixed with the mortar to protect the fortress in Part Three: Chapter III?
(a) Sea water
(b) Bull's blood
(c) Rabbit hair
(d) Clam shells

14. Pauline Bonaparte’s husband has bought a house on an island off the north coast of what county in case they should have to flee in Part Two: Chapter VI?
(a) Argentina
(b) Bolivia
(c) Venezuela
(d) Peru

15. How does society in Santo Domingo change after General Leclerc’s death in Part Two: Chapter VII?
(a) It becomes highly conservative
(b) It becomes hedonistic
(c) It becomes very democratic
(d) It becomes deeply religious

Short Answer Questions

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2. What does Pauline Bonaparte begin to superstitiously avoid stepping on in Part Two: Chapter VII?

3. Whose visage appears before King Henri Christophe in Part Three: Chapter V?

4. One of the voodoo rituals described in Part Two: Chapter VII involves floating what items, decorated with ribbons, on the sea?

5. What flower is considered the most decorative and desired, according to the narrator in Part Four: Chapter II?

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