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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are Alatriste and the others going to use to escape once they have de la Cruz's daughter?
(a) Tunnels.
(b) An old cart.
(c) Bicycles.
(d) A coach.

2. What did Diego Alatriste enlist as in the army?
(a) A photographer.
(b) A gunner.
(c) A foot soldier.
(d) A drummer boy.

3. What is the name of Conde de Olivares' wife?
(a) Esther Benitas.
(b) Marie Cornette.
(c) Teresa de Guzman.
(d) Philipa Esteban.

4. Where does the captain say he will accompany the two young popinjays if they don't retract their words?
(a) The de la Vega gate.
(b) The de la Vega bridge.
(c) The Benitas gate.
(d) The Benitas bridge.

5. The dead woman's head dress and gown lend her the look of __________.
(a) A widow.
(b) A spinster.
(c) A duenna.
(d) A dauphine.

Short Answer Questions

1. Captain Cuesta is deaf to _____________.

2. What is Quevedo staring vacantly at through the window?

3. What has Elvira been accused of inciting among her fellow nuns?

4. What does the narrator hear fine ladies and gentlemen saying as they step out of the plaza?

5. Who, other than Alatriste, examines the church's exterior wall?

(see the answer key)

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