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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Merivel's painting instructor living?
(a) In a cottage in the village.
(b) In a barn.
(c) With his mother.
(d) On the street.

2. What does Merivel end up doing at the pub?
(a) Getting into a bar fight.
(b) Having sex with Meg.
(c) Getting into a game of cards.
(d) Drinking until he passes out.

3. How long is Merivel with his bride before being interrupted on his wedding night?
(a) Four hours.
(b) Nearly all night.
(c) An hour or two.
(d) A very short time.

4. Who does Celia love?
(a) Only the King.
(b) Only Merivel.
(c) The King and Merivel.
(d) No one.

5. What does Finn bring Merivel as a first payment for using his influence?
(a) A bird in a cage.
(b) A new canvas and oil paints.
(c) A bowl of plastic fruit.
(d) A diamond necklace.

6. How is the person in the story cured?
(a) By drowning and being resuscitated.
(b) By vomiting up a sac of eggs.
(c) By expelling a large worm in her excrement.
(d) By drinking a glass of poison.

7. How does Merivel feel about his wedding ceremony?
(a) He is bored.
(b) He has fun.
(c) He is angry.
(d) He is sad.

8. What narrative perspective does the novel use?
(a) Third person omniscient.
(b) First person.
(c) Third person semi-omnicient.
(d) Second person.

9. What does Celia say that she did, when she found out Merivel was the one chosen to be her husband?
(a) Begged not to marry the idiot.
(b) Tried to kill herself.
(c) Prayed that she could keep a straight face at the wedding.
(d) Prayed in thanks for an honest husband.

10. What does Merivel hire Meg as?
(a) A model.
(b) A servant for his wife.
(c) A servant for himself.
(d) A prostitute.

11. What does the King commission Finn to do?
(a) Paint the mansion.
(b) Paint Merival's portrait.
(c) Paint Celia's portrait.
(d) Paint a picture of despair.

12. Who is the story Pearce tells Merivel about?
(a) A king's servant.
(b) A traveling medicine salesperson.
(c) A farmer.
(d) A patient in a mental hospital.

13. What does the King plan to do about his affair with Celia?
(a) Make it openly known.
(b) End it over a few weeks.
(c) Continue it quietly.
(d) End it quickly.

14. What age does Merivel turn at the beginning of Chapter 11?
(a) 32.
(b) 38.
(c) 43.
(d) 27.

15. To ahat does Merivel compare his stomach freckles?
(a) Ants.
(b) Moths.
(c) Beetles.
(d) Bees.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what room does Celia lock herself?

2. What is Celia's reaction when the bird dies?

3. What gift does the King give Merivel?

4. What do the merrymakers at the wedding tie onto Merivel's private parts?

5. What does Merivel's painting instructor want Merivel to get him?

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