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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 offer to the Jewish man in return for solid information about Blakeny?

2. What do the owners of the place Marguerite eats supper at think she is sailing away for?

3. What does Blakeney attend when he gets home to England at the end of the book?

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

5. What was Blakeney seen renting from a Jewish man in Calais?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Jellyband and his daughter think Marguerite is up to when she is planning her trip to France with Andrew?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choosing sides is a theme in this book. What are some of the examples of this theme appearing, and how does it affect the characters involved?

Essay Topic 2

Jellyband was a minor character whose presence made a big difference in the plot. How did he accomplish this? What are some ways that his presence, however brief, altered the outcome of the plot? What would have happened differently if Jellyband had not been in the book at all?

Essay Topic 3

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

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