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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Katherine during the birth of the baby?
(a) She loses her sight.
(b) She begins hallucinating.
(c) She goes into a coma.
(d) She realizes that she hates Merivel.

2. What does Merivel do to help Katherine fall asleep?
(a) He rubs her feet.
(b) He rubs her back.
(c) He reads to her.
(d) He sings to her.

3. Who has purchased Merivel's former home, Bidnold Manor?
(a) A royal Belgian.
(b) A Spanish bullfighter.
(c) A Swedish tradesman.
(d) A French nobleman.

4. What did the woman from Harvey die of?
(a) Kidney failure.
(b) Liver failure.
(c) Lung disease.
(d) Heart failure.

5. Who does Merivel see on the river one morning in 1666?
(a) Finn.
(b) Celia.
(c) The King.
(d) Violet.

6. How long is Merivel confined to bed?
(a) Six weeks.
(b) One month.
(c) Two weeks.
(d) Three days.

7. How does Merivel feel about Katherine?
(a) He feels like a brother to her.
(b) He hates her.
(c) He loves her.
(d) He lusts after her.

8. What news comes to Merivel and the King while they are talking?
(a) The river has flooded.
(b) A fire is raging through London.
(c) An outbreak of the plague has occurred.
(d) London Bridge has fallen.

9. What do the men in the George Fox building make?
(a) Chains.
(b) Boots.
(c) Mittens.
(d) Sailcloth.

10. How much does Merivel pay Finn for his portrait?
(a) Twelve shillings.
(b) Seven shillings.
(c) Twenty-four shillings.
(d) Twenty shillings.

11. How does the King feel about Celia?
(a) He no longer cares for her and has sent her away.
(b) He loves her and has abandoned his other lovers to be with her.
(c) He hates her and has her imprisoned.
(d) He loves her, but she has left him.

12. What disease does Merivel come down with?
(a) Mumps.
(b) Measles.
(c) Chicken Pox.
(d) Influenza.

13. What medical practice does Merivel perform regularly at the hospital?
(a) Lobotomies.
(b) Maggot therapy.
(c) Bloodletting.
(d) Leeching.

14. What natural alternative treatments does Merivel think of for extracting fluids?
(a) Vomitting and weeping.
(b) Pissing and vomiting.
(c) Sweating and weeping.
(d) Sweating and pissing.

15. What is the straw resting-place for the doll called?
(a) Home.
(b) The nest.
(c) The manger.
(d) Bethlehem.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the King respond to Merivel's letter, asking to visit?

2. What did the King think of the portrait Finn painted?

3. Where do the others tell Edmund he can find God?

4. What instigated Katherine's illness?

5. Where does Merivel meet Finn, after not seeing him for a long time?

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