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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. How long does Lord Blakeney say he will be gone after talking with Margeurite?

2. What does Chauvelin offer to the Jewish man in return for solid information about Blakeny?

3. What is the man in the supper room at the appointed hour doing?

4. Who does Marguerite confide in when she realizes her husband is the Scarlet Pimpernel?

5. What does Lord Blakeney do when he sees Chauvelin a the inn in Calais?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Marguerite confide in her husband in the garden after the ball?

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

3. What does Marguerite ask her husband when she is in her garden after the ball?

4. What does Lord Blakeney say to his wife before leaving after their talk in the garden?

5. Why did Lord Blakeney say his love for Marguerite cooled?

6. Why is Marguerite unable to sail for France when she had hoped?

7. What does Suzanne talk about when she comes to see Marguerite the day after the ball?

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

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

10. What does the item Marguerite receives from Chauvelin reveal to her?

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

This book takes place in a few different settings. Describe some of these settings and how they affect the course of the plot. Why might Baroness Orczy have chosen these particular places for this plot to take place?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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