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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the height limit for Napoleons' servants?
(a) 5'2".
(b) 4 feet.
(c) 5 feet.
(d) 4 and a half feet.

2. What is Villanelle´s stepfather´s reaction to her webbed feet?
(a) "There are stranger things."
(b) "She should keep her feet covered."
(c) "She still has woman parts."
(d) "She can walk on water now."

3. What job does Henri originally want when he joins the army?
(a) Flag raiser.
(b) Drummer.
(c) Lookout.
(d) Cook.

4. Finish the sentence: ¨You play, you win. You play, you lose. _______."
(a) You play.
(b) You quit.
(c) The end.
(d) You lose.

5. What does Villanelle say that God wants us to do?
(a) Confess.
(b) Repent.
(c) Challenge him.
(d) Be violent.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Villanelle name her lover the Queen of Spades?

2. Finish this sentence about Napoleon: ¨He is repulsive and _______ by turns.¨

3. When was 'The Passion' written?

4. Where does Patrick take Henri on New Year´s Eve?

5. Villanelle says that passion is somewhere between fear and what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Henri say the smell of porridge reminds him of? How did he feel during that time?

2. According to the rumors, what do boatmen have? What are they not able to take off?

3. According to legend, what does a boatsmen´s wife do when she is pregnant? What is she supposed to wish for?

4. What is a vivandiere? Why are they sent to the camps?

5. How tall are Napoleon's servants? Why is this?

6. When the little village girl asks Henri who he will kill, what does he reply? How does he clarify this for her?

7. In Part 1, what does Henri say the Blind peddler tells him about the Dark? What happens to this peddler?

8. How many hands tall is Napoleon's horse? Why could no stable boy last?

9. What does the waiter bring Villanelle while she is waiting for work? Who does she see soon after?

10. What does the Queen of Spades order when Villanelle first meets her? What is Villanelle´s reaction to the Queen of Spades?

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