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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is the Marquise's given name?
(a) Lola.
(b) Julietta.
(c) Diana.
(d) Maria.

4. How does the Count locate the Marquise?
(a) He bribes the porter.
(b) He breaks down the door.
(c) He sneaks into the backyard.
(d) He waits until the Marquise goes for a walk.

5. What did the Count see a vision of?
(a) The Virgin Mary.
(b) His mother.
(c) The Marquise.
(d) A butterfly.

6. What does the Marquise's brother tell her as she is leaving the house?
(a) That she must leave the children behind.
(b) That she is no longer welcome at the family home.
(c) That she is a good person.
(d) That she will never be forgiven.

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

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

9. What does the Marquise wish to do when she wakes up after the attacks?
(a) She wishes to thank her rescuer.
(b) She wishes to see her children.
(c) She wishes to move away.
(d) She wishes to go back to sleep.

10. What does the Marquise's father do willingly during the attack?
(a) He gives up his daughter.
(b) He fights the enemy.
(c) He kills anyone in his way.
(d) He surrenders.

11. What country is Count F from?
(a) Spain.
(b) France.
(c) Russia.
(d) Italy.

12. What does the Marquise's father reach for as she pleads her case?
(a) A letter opener.
(b) A pistol.
(c) A match.
(d) A newspaper.

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

14. What nationality was the author of "Marquise of O-"?
(a) Russian.
(b) Belgian.
(c) German.
(d) Austrian.

15. What does the family decide to do while the Count is away on his trip?
(a) Marry off the Marquise.
(b) Make inquiries into his background.
(c) Remodel the house.
(d) Go on a trip themselves.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Marquise's father often referred to in the story?

2. How do the Count and the Marquise live until after the baby is born?

3. What does the Count tell the family about during dinner?

4. What does the Count give up by signing some papers from the Marquise's father?

5. How does the Count shock the Marquise's brother?

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