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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Anton try to force Sigismund's feet into his boots?
(a) He does not want the Messenger to steal the boots.
(b) The ground is cold.
(c) He is trying to put the royal garments on Sigismund.
(d) He believes they have to escape.

2. Julian unwraps the bundle of royal robes brought in by Anton and insists Sigismund do what with them?
(a) Burn them.
(b) Tear them to shreds.
(c) Wave them out the window.
(d) Put them on.

3. What has the King ordered Julian to be for the rest of his life?
(a) A beggar.
(b) A courtier.
(c) A priest.
(d) Sigismund's keeper.

4. What does Olivier order Julian to try to do?
(a) Run away.
(b) Kill Sigismund.
(c) Hide.
(d) Defend himself.

5. What is Anton's warning?
(a) Sigismund is not ready to meet with the King.
(b) Sigismund will kill the King.
(c) Sigismund is stronger than the King.
(d) The meeting between Sigismund and the King will not go well.

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

7. What are peasants and other citizens doing?
(a) Cheering in front of the castle.
(b) Running for their lives.
(c) Asking to see the King.
(d) Blocking the roads as they flock to the churches, wanting to pray for the appearance of a "beggar king" who, in chains, will lead them into a new age.

8. How does Sigismund react when Julian reveals himself?
(a) In excitement.
(b) In shock.
(c) In awe.
(d) In fear.

9. What does Anton say he has just heard?
(a) A shout.
(b) A shot.
(c) A scream.
(d) An explosion.

10. What is the King prepared to do to ensure that power and order in the kingdom continue?
(a) Whatever is necessary.
(b) Add to the list of Ten Prohibitions.
(c) Anything but hurt Sigismund.
(d) Create new laws.

11. What does the Doctor have prepared if Sigismund should become unstable?
(a) A strait jacket.
(b) A padded cell.
(c) A syringe filled with a sedative.
(d) A sponge that has been soaked in a powerful narcotic.

12. What does the King tell Sigismund is his first responsibility as prince?
(a) To convince Brother Ignatius to return to the King's court.
(b) To get rid of Julian, whom the King describes as a scheming serpent.
(c) To add to the list of Ten Prohibitions.
(d) To rid the kingdom of those who despise the King.

13. What is one of the Ten Prohibitions in which Sigismund seems to have a skill?
(a) Gluttony.
(b) Horseback riding.
(c) Jealousy.
(d) Greed.

14. What does the Gypsy Girl magically cause to emerge from the earth?
(a) The Devil.
(b) Plants.
(c) Human bones.
(d) Vampires.

15. What is Sigismund's new prison cell?
(a) An old barn.
(b) His mother's bedchamber.
(c) A subterranean chamber beneath the tower.
(d) A room high up in the tower.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the peasants feel about Sigismund?

2. How does Simon think he will get information out of the Gypsy Girl?

3. Why does Sigismund dismiss the others?

4. How does Adam communicate with Sigismund?

5. What does the Boy say the peasants are doing?

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