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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. At what time of day to the Venetians hold funerals?
(a) Night.
(b) Daybreak.
(c) Noon.
(d) Dusk.

2. Finish this sentence from Chapter 2: ¨Bridges join but they also _______.¨
(a) Gather.
(b) Connect.
(c) Break.
(d) Separate.

3. Villanelle says that passion is somewhere between fear and what?
(a) Sex.
(b) Exhaustion.
(c) Anger.
(d) Love.

4. How long has Henri been gone when he returns home on leave?
(a) One month.
(b) Six months.
(c) Two years.
(d) One year.

5. What does the Queen of Spades say her husband deals in?
(a) Gold trade.
(b) Stocks and bonds.
(c) Water commerce.
(d) Rare books.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Patrick say Henri should stick to praying to?

2. Why doesn´t Villanelle want to work in the bakery?

3. What does Villanelle call Venice in the beginning of Chapter 2?

4. What does Patrick steal for him and Henri to enjoy?

5. Who helps Henri raise the cook up before Napoleon comes?

Short Essay Questions

1. What special talent does Patrick possess? What job is he given by Bonaparte?

2. What does the Queen of Spades leave for Villanelle at the gaming table? What is the item made out of?

3. What job does Henri originally want? Who prevents him from getting it?

4. In Henri's story about the man who thought himself an inventor, why did the man go to town for a few months, leaving his family? Who seemed to hold the man together?

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

6. What happened to Villanelle´s mother when she was pregnant with Villanelle? What does she believe was the result of this?

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

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

9. What makes Henri uncomfortable at church? What does he consider his stigmata?

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

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