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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator say the captain had cleaned during the night?
(a) His shoes.
(b) His pistols.
(c) His dagger.
(d) His sword.

2. What is the title of Chapter 2?
(a) The People's Needs.
(b) Spanish Moss.
(c) The Case of the Missing Spanish Crown.
(d) The Neck and the Noose.

3. Whom does the narrator meet on the top steps when he goes out onto the hall?
(a) Esteban.
(b) De Quevedo.
(c) Reverte.
(d) Arcabuz.

4. What is the constable more interested in than the murder?
(a) The performance of the horses.
(b) His brother's illness.
(c) The soccer scores.
(d) The performance of the bulls.

5. Which character does the author say is a man of few words?
(a) Alatriste.
(b) Reverte.
(c) Salgando.
(d) Herradores.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Philip the Fourth respond to the warm ovation given to him by the crowd?

2. What does the narrator compare to an anthill?

3. What was used to strangle the dead woman?

4. Who found the chief constable his current position in the police force?

5. What animal does the author compare to the pace the chief constable sets about his task?

(see the answer key)

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