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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 do the Richterbund students report to Jim about Glatz in Chapter 7?

2. Whom was Adelaide a servant to before her marriage?

3. Who escorts Becky home after the bomb explodes in Chapter 2?

4. What is the Adlertrager?

5. What does Rudolf pass to Adelaide after he is shot during the coronation march?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens at the end of the novel to create mystery for the reader?

2. What does Adelaide do after Rudolf is shot?

3. What happens when a student calls Adelaide a whore in Chapter 6?

4. Why is Becky walking through the St. John's area of London at the beginning of the novel?

5. What do the Prince and Becky's mother talk about in Chapter 4?

6. What does the reader learn about Becky's background in Chapter 1?

7. What happens while Rudolf and Adelaide are marching during their coronation?

8. Who do the Prince and Goldberg think set off the bomb?

9. What do the Countess, Becky, and Adelaide talk about in Chapter 5?

10. Why does Jim have a hard time getting to the coronation? How does he get there in the end?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the Royal Family. Who are the members of the Royal Family? What fates do they meet and why? What dangers are faced by the Royal Family? How does Adelaide, an ex-prostitute, become a member of the Royal Family? What does the public think of her?

Essay Topic 2

What are some examples of plots and schemes found in the novel? What are these plots meant to achieve? Are they successful? Who plans these schemes?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze and interpret the character Jim. Who is Jim and what is his role in the story? How does he know Adelaide? Why does he help the Prince?

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