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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 Miss Alice say about the chairs in the various rooms?

2. What is feminine, but not frilly, decorated in shades of blue?

3. What is Miss Alice's response when the lawyer proceeds to introduce Julian to her for the first time?

4. What question does Miss Alice ask that shocks Julian?

5. How does the scene end?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is happening to Julian?

3. What makes Julian more and more frustrated wit h Miss Alice?

4. What does Miss Alice do when Julian becomes embarrassed?

5. Describe the upstairs sitting room of the castle.

6. What becomes evident about the two men? How do you know this?

7. What do the two men relish?

8. What does the butler tell the lawyer, after he softens?

9. How is Miss Alice, when she enters the scene?

10. What does Julian do when the lawyer moves to take his leave?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The butler is nonplussed about most things.

Part 1) Prove this statement.

Part 2) What is his relationship with the other characters.

Part 3) Based on what you know of him, what might be his thoughts on this conspiracy?

Essay Topic 2

The conspirators choose Julian for a purpose.

Part 1) What is their purpose for him?

Part 2) Why do they choose Julian?

Part 3) How are they able to seduce and trick him? How does this affect him?

Essay Topic 3

Miss Alice, the lawyer, the Cardinal, and the butler conspire against Julian.

Part 1) How do they conspire against him?

Part 2) Why do they conspire against him?

Part 3) What roles do each of them play in the conspiracy? How do these roles suit Julian?

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