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

2. What does the Scarlet Pimpernel sign all his letters with?

3. How far behind does Andrew think Chauvelin is when they get to Calais?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What does Marguerite receive from Chauvelin after she realizes that her husband is the Scarlet Pimpernel?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Despair is a theme that was placed in a number of sensitive places in this plot. What are some of these places, and what role does despair play in this book?

Essay Topic 2

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

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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