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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What previously unnoticed sound does King Henri Christophe observe in the palace rooms in Part Three: Chapter VI?
(a) Insects buzzing
(b) Owls hooting
(c) Frogs croaking
(d) Ducks quacking

3. What part of King Henri Christophe’s body is given to his wife by the governor in Part Three: Chapter VII?
(a) His nose
(b) His finger
(c) His toe
(d) His ear

4. What is the name of Pauline Bonaparte’s husband?
(a) Corneille Breille
(b) Henri Christophe
(c) Soliman
(d) Charles Leclerc

5. M. Lenormand de Mézy spends his time doing what in Cuba in Part Two: Chapter V?
(a) Gambling and going to church
(b) Investing in the stock market
(c) Frequenting brothels and libraries
(d) Drinking and practicing Voodoo

6. What is all that’s left of the chapel at the plantation Ti Noël visits in Part Three: Chapter II?
(a) The confessional
(b) The pulpit
(c) The sacrificial altar
(d) The weather vane

7. The statue of Venus of Canova was modeled by whom, according to the narrator in Part Four: Chapter I?
(a) Athenaїs
(b) Améthyste
(c) Pauline Bonaparte
(d) Queen Marie-Louise

8. One of Pauline’s maids discovers Pauline and a slave performing a ritual in which what animal has been sacrificed in Part Two: Chapter VII?
(a) A rat
(b) A pig
(c) A rooster
(d) A monkey

9. Who does Pauline Bonaparte take with her when she departs for her husband’s second home in Part Two: Chapter VII?
(a) Soliman and her maids
(b) Her daughter and son
(c) Her mother and father
(d) Her maids and her father

10. Part Three: Chapter III is titled “The Sacrifice of the” what?
(a) Bulls
(b) Immured
(c) Dogs
(d) Conch Shells

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

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

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

14. What is the title of Part Three: Chapter VI?
(a) Ultima Ratio Regum
(b) The Reckoning
(c) Dagon Inside the Ark
(d) Santiago de Cuba

15. At what time does Ti Noël lay down his last brick at the end of his first day with the workers in Part Three: Chapter III?
(a) 8:30 PM
(b) 6:00 PM
(c) 12:00 AM
(d) 9:30 PM

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Part Two: Chapter VI’s title?

3. Where does Pauline Bonaparte begin sleeping every night during her voyage in Part Two: Chapter VI?

4. The rituals of Voodoo resonate with Pauline Bonaparte’s background from where?

5. How many African men that King Christophe trained as palace pages await him at the bottom of the palace stairs in Part Three: Chapter VI?

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