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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 3, Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when Sigismund drinks the potion?
(a) He vomits.
(b) He falls unconscious.
(c) He loses his mind.
(d) He hallucinates.

2. As a courtier reports on Sigismund's desire to rest, of what does the King become aware?
(a) Music being played on an organ.
(b) Screaming in the tower.
(c) A strange noise coming from a nearby room.
(d) Someone singing.

3. How has Simon come?
(a) Saying he needs to speak with Anton alone.
(b) Saying he was given the letter to bring to Anton in the usual way and that he rode all night in order to deliver the message promptly.
(c) Saying he has ridden all night to seek out advice from the Doctor.
(d) Saying he has come to see the Prisoner.

4. How does Andrew explain the source of the noise?
(a) The Prisoner is crying and praying for help.
(b) The Prisoner is suffocating his cellmate.
(c) The Prisoner is singing to himself to stay calm.
(d) The Prisoner has a horse's bone that he uses to attack rats and other vermin when they get too much for him.

5. What does Sigismund feel when he wakes up?
(a) Like getting sick.
(b) A horrible headache.
(c) A strange feeling in his legs.
(d) His father is with him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the letter to Julian contain?

2. After the King collapses, how does Julian react?

3. The Doctor accuses Julian of committing a crime against who?

4. Why does the King say that he must be obeyed?

5. What is the King prepared to do to ensure that power and order in the kingdom continue?

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