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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Margeurite's first response to Chauvelin's request of her?

2. What does the Comtesse regret about her removal from France?

3. What is the Comtesses daughter's name?

4. What is the maiden name of Lord Blakeney's wife?

5. Why are there guards at all the gates in Paris?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are Lord Blakeney and his wife different from each other when they appear in public?

2. What makes Jellyband nervous while serving guests at his inn?

3. Why is Marguerite concerned for her brother when he boards her husband's yacht?

4. Why has England not stepped in to stop the Republic in France?

5. How is Lord Blakeney described when he first appears in the book?

6. How does the relationship between the Blakeneys appear when they are in public together?

7. What does Chauvelin say after tying up Antony and Andrew?

8. What can we see about Suzanne at the end of Chapter 3?

9. What happened to Marguerite's marriage after her place in the Marquis's death was explained?

10. What does Chauvelin ask Margeurite to do for him, and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Lord Blakeney mask his role as the Scarlet Pimpernel, and what affect does this have on his social standing?

Essay Topic 2

What role does symbolism play in the story, and where does it appear? How is the plot altered by the presence of these symbols?

Essay Topic 3

Jellyband was a minor character whose presence made a big difference in the plot. How did he accomplish this? What are some ways that his presence, however brief, altered the outcome of the plot? What would have happened differently if Jellyband had not been in the book at all?

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