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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Count claim when he visits the family?
(a) That his wife has recently died.
(b) That he has gone broke.
(c) That he is the father of the baby.
(d) That he is being sent to war.

2. What day is the baby's father supposed to arrive?
(a) The third.
(b) The first.
(c) The tenth.
(d) The eighth.

3. What place is the Marquise's father ordered to defend?
(a) The citadel.
(b) The bridge.
(c) The government residence.
(d) The tower.

4. What does the paperwork that the Count gives to the Marquise state?
(a) In the event of his death, the Marquise's father will have control of his estate.
(b) In the event of his death,his estate will be donated to the charity of the Marquise's choosing.
(c) In the event of his death, the Marquise will inherit his entire estate.
(d) In the event of his death, his child will inherit his entire estate.

5. What country attacks the Marquise's country?
(a) England.
(b) America.
(c) Russia.
(d) Portugal.

6. How does the Marquise react to the news about the Count?
(a) She is indifferent.
(b) She is distraught.
(c) She is amused.
(d) She is disappointed.

7. What is the ad about which the Marquise puts in the paper?
(a) The ad is asking for the father of her unborn baby to come forward.
(b) The ad is an admission of the Marquise's affair.
(c) The ad is a public apology to the Marquise's father.
(d) The ad is seeking household staff.

8. Why does the Marquise pack up her belongings, as well as her children's things?
(a) She wishes to run her own household.
(b) She feels shame in front of her parents.
(c) Her cousin in the next town is in need of care.
(d) She believes her father wants to kill her.

9. How does the family feel about the Count's behavior?
(a) They are angered by it.
(b) They are embarrassed by it.
(c) They are shocked by it.
(d) They are distressed by it.

10. Why does the family try to persuade the Count to stay at the house?
(a) So that he and the Marquise can get to know each other better.
(b) The family wishes to throw a party in his honor.
(c) The Count is injured.
(d) Because the war makes it dangerous to travel.

11. How many children is the Marquise raising?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) Five.

12. When the Count arrives at the house for a visit, what does he do?
(a) He proposes to the Marquise.
(b) He plans a party in the Marquise's honor.
(c) He offers to buy the Marquise's home from her.
(d) He tells the Marquise that her attackers have been dealt with.

13. What did the vision remind the Count of?
(a) A swan he knew as a child.
(b) His mother's final words.
(c) Poetry.
(d) His first love.

14. What is the Marquise forced to do after she awakes following the attacks?
(a) Clean the house.
(b) Identify a dead body.
(c) Remain in bed.
(d) Move to another location.

15. What does the Marquise command her porter to do?
(a) Arm himself.
(b) Not allow any visitors into the house.
(c) Keep a close eye on the laneway.
(d) Allow only family to enter the house.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Marquise's father's position in the military?

2. What does the Count give the baby when it is born?

3. What does the Marquise's father ask Count F after the attacks?

4. What did the Count see a vision of?

5. What does the Marquise's mother try to get the Marquise to guess?

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