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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 Chauvelin tell his soldiers to wait for when they get to where Armand was spotted?

2. What message does Margeurite have the second person she talks to in the boudoir send?

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

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

5. Who tells Marguerite that Chauvelin now knows who the Scarlet Pimpernel is?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Marguerite tell Chauvelin at the ball?

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

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

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

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

9. How does Marguerite feel after giving information to Chauvelin at the ball?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 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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