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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Sigismund make Anton angry?
(a) He sees Sigismund trying to climb out the tower window.
(b) Sigismund is trying to pick the lock.
(c) Sigismund argues with him.
(d) He sees from the straw that Sigismund has been playing with fire.

2. What are the Ten Prohibitions?
(a) The ten words that the guards are prohibited from using.
(b) Acts and behavior the people of this kingdom are forbidden to do.
(c) Acts and behavior the guards are forbidden to do around the Prisoner.
(d) Types of alcohol the guards are not allowed to drink.

3. Who is the visitor Ignatius is happy to see?
(a) The Beggar.
(b) The King.
(c) Julian.
(d) Anton.

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

5. What does the King hope that Ignatius will be able to do?
(a) Help him.
(b) Stay in the monastery.
(c) Leave him.
(d) Run away.

6. How does the book the Monk reads describe the presence of the world?
(a) As a desert wasteland.
(b) As a venemous fungus.
(c) As a green, luscious place.
(d) As a colorful rainbow.

7. What does Olivier think he hears being passed back and forth?
(a) Arguing between two guards.
(b) A pigeon carrying news from one prince to another.
(c) Signals between bands of Jewish smugglers.
(d) A rubber ball.

8. Who does Pancras tell Olivier is making the noise?
(a) The Guards.
(b) The King.
(c) The Prisoner.
(d) The Recruit.

9. What does Julian tell the Doctor he is expected to do, regarding the Prisoner's health?
(a) Propose how to destroy it completely.
(b) See how much longer it will hold up.
(c) Propose ways in which drastic improvements can be made.
(d) See if it is weakening.

10. Who does Olivier think can sense "the bloodshed to come?"
(a) The Jewish smugglers.
(b) The guards.
(c) The princes.
(d) The pigeons.

11. How does Olivier refer to the Prisoner?
(a) As a thief.
(b) As a beggar.
(c) As a lout.
(d) As a prince.

12. What is heard at the gate?
(a) A whisper.
(b) A knock.
(c) A bird.
(d) A scream.

13. How does Olivier speak to the guards?
(a) Arrogantly.
(b) Kindly.
(c) Sadly.
(d) Quietly.

14. The Doctor accuses Julian of committing a crime against who?
(a) The King.
(b) The Prisoner.
(c) God himself.
(d) The Doctor.

15. For what does Julian ask the Doctor to prescribe?
(a) Something that will keep him awake.
(b) Something that will help him sleep.
(c) Something that make him confident.
(d) Something that will calm him down.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Anton say the Prisoner sometimes flies into a rage and attacks?

2. Sigismund says he feels so powerful that he can do what?

3. He adds that Julian's spiritual freedom depends on what?

4. How do the people feel about this news from the King?

5. At the sound of a muffled banging, what does Olivier do?

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