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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Julian is intrigued by the butler's coincidence. How does the Butler feel?
(a) Just as excited.
(b) Unsure about Julian.
(c) Nonplussed about almost everything.
(d) Sad.

2. What is feminine, but not frilly, decorated in shades of blue?
(a) The dining room.
(b) Miss Alice's dress.
(c) The carriage.
(d) An upstairs sitting room of the castle.

3. What does Julian believe about his faith and his sanity?
(a) They are one in the same.
(b) They are weak.
(c) They are strong.
(d) They are two separate entities.

4. What is Miss Alice's response when Julian tries to explain to her that he wondered if he imagined so many things or whether so many things he thought had come to play in his imagination?
(a) She finds him a perfect candidate for the priesthood.
(b) She suggests that he may just be describing what passes for sanity.
(c) She wants to take him back to the asylum.
(d) She thinks he is still insane.

5. What does Julian say when Miss Alice invites him to talk about himself?
(a) He gladly tells her his life story.
(b) He says nothing.
(c) He is very self deprecating and defers to the background information they already have on him, complete with the missing six blank years.
(d) He is open and honest.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the two continue to insult one another?

2. Why does the lawyer initiate a discussion of his animosity for the Cardinal?

3. Why does Miss Alice begin a flirtatious conversation asking if he had been intimidated by herself or the lawyer, and if he had liked the butler?

4. What do the two discuss?

5. For whom is the larger of the two chairs?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Miss Alice say about Julian's memory? To what does this lead?

2. What is the most intriguing element of the room?

3. Where are Miss Alice and Julian? About what do they discuss?

4. What happens after the lawyer backs Miss Alice against the wall?

5. What happens when Julian leaves the room?

6. What does the butler tell Julian about himself? What is Julian's response?

7. What do Julian and the butler say about this creation?

8. How does Julian feel about Miss Alice's topic of discussion? How does he respond?

9. What does the lawyer do to Miss Alice, when the other two men leave?

10. About what is Julian astonished?

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