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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 a scarlet pimpernel?

2. Where will be the event that Chuavelin says the Scarlet Pimpernel will be attending the night he sees Margeurite for the second time?

3. What did Margeurite do when her evidence against the Marquis St. Cyr came out?

4. Who caused the Marquis de St. Cyr to be executed?

5. What did Chauvelin say he found among the belongings of the men he captured?

Short Essay Questions

1. What will happen if Marguerite complies with and helps Chauvelin?

2. What will happen if Marguerite does not help Chauvelin?

3. What did Margeurite do when the Marquis de St. Cyr was on trial?

4. What is the most dangerous part of what the Scarlet Pimpernel has been doing?

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

6. How is Marguerite introduced when she first appears in the book?

7. How does Marguerite trick Andrew into showing her the letter he has at the ball?

8. What is Marguerite accused of by the Comtesse?

9. What is most upsetting to Marguerite about being blackmailed by Chauvelin?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are some of the key examples of gratitude in this book, and how do these instances affect that characters involved in those scenes?

Essay Topic 2

Friendship is a strong theme throughout the book. Where are some places that this theme appears, and how do the characters touched by it react? How do certain friendships change over the course of the book, and what causes these changes?

Essay Topic 3

Fear is a common theme in this book that is presented a number of times by a number of characters. What are some of these instances, and how does fear affect the characters in the book?

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