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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 object does Marguerite find on the floor of the private rooms?

2. What does Blakeney say has allowed him to forgive her of her follies?

3. What is the Chat Gris?

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

5. What does Margeurite tell her husband when she senses he still loves her?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Marguerite feel when she first realizes that her husband is the Scarlet Pimpernel?

2. How does Blakeney escape from Chauvelin at the Chat Gris?

3. What does Chauvelin find after getting information from Marguerite?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

The Scarlet Pimpernel used many ingenious plots and plans to protect and evacuate the aristocrats in France. Describe some of these and what those plans revealed about the Scarlet Pimpernel and his character.

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