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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. Who stops Marguerite from getting to her brother?

2. What time of day is Marguerite finally able to leave to find her husband?

3. Where was the last place Andrew saw Chauvelin when they get to Calais?

4. Who does Margeurite talk to in the boudoir the second time?

5. Where does Marguerite plan to travel to to meet her husband?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Chauvelin offer and threaten the Jewish man in Calais with?

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

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

5. What does Chauvelin say to Marguerite just before she leaves the ball?

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

7. What does Marguerite hope to do when she hears Chauvelin's plan to imprison Blakeney?

8. Why did the soldiers not stop Armand and the fugitives when they boarded the boat and left?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How was blackmail used in this plot, and what characters were most affected by it?

Essay Topic 2

What events lead to Marguerite's discovery of the Scarlet Pimpernel's identity, and how does this affect her life for both good and bad.

Essay Topic 3

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

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