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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 time does Margeurite say the Scarlet Pimpernel will be in the supper room the night of the ball?

2. What is Chauvelin doing as Blakeney escapes from the inn in Calais?

3. What does Chauvelin appear to feel as he speaks with Blakeney?

4. What does Blakeney offer Chauvelin as they sit talking at the inn?

5. What does Marguerite hide behind in the inn at Calais?

Short Essay Questions

1. What relieves the tension Marguerite was feeling when she arrives in France?

2. What does Blakeney say he uses in men to outwit them?

3. What does Chauvelin say when he hears his secretary did not see Blakeny run out of the inn?

4. How did Blakeney trick Chauvelin at the end of the book?

5. Why does Marguerite follow Chauvelin to where he thinks her husband will be?

6. What does Chauvelin want Blakeney to be doing when he arrests him, and why?

7. What do Jellyband and his daughter think Marguerite is up to when she is planning her trip to France with Andrew?

8. How does Marguerite feel after giving information to Chauvelin at the ball?

9. What does Chauvelin ask of the Jewish man in Calais?

10. Who does Marguerite turn to for help when she realizes her husband is the Scarlet Pimpernel and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Marguerite endures many different trials before the end of the book. What are some of these trials and what lessons does she learn through these experiences?

Essay Topic 2

Valor is a theme of this book that and is important to many of the characters involved. Where does this theme of valor present itself and how do these occurrences affect the characters involved in those scenes?

Essay Topic 3

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

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