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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. Why does Lord Blakeney say he is leaving after he talks with Margeurite?

2. How does the narrator describe the private rooms of the Blakeney house?

3. What does Chauvelin threaten to do to the soldiers who do not obey his every command?

4. How does Margeurite feel after passing along information about the Scarlet Pimpernel?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the Blakeneys do when they return to England at the end of the book?

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

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

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

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

6. What does Chauvelin command his soldiers when they get to the cabin?

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

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

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

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

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

How does the time period of this book differ from our own time period. Why is this book placed in this time setting rather than a more modern one?

Essay Topic 3

What role does symbolism play in the story, and where does it appear? How is the plot altered by the presence of these symbols?

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