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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Alec do whenever Richard asks about Alec's past?
(a) Alec tells Richard fanciful lies.
(b) Alec asks Richard not to question him.
(c) Alec promises to trade Richard one fact about his past for a fact about Richard's.
(d) Alec refuses to acknowledge that Richard has said anything.

2. Where does Richard practice his swordsmanship?
(a) Against a window.
(b) Against a coatrack.
(c) Against a bedpost.
(d) Against the wall.

3. How does Michael meet with Lord Horn, after Michael leaves his lover's house?
(a) Lord Horn almost runs him over.
(b) Lord Horn comes to his house.
(c) Lord Horn meets him in a tavern.
(d) Lord Horn finds him drunk on the street.

4. How does Alec see Richard?
(a) As a wildcard that the aristocracy won't expect.
(b) As a powerful force that can control the aristocracy.
(c) As an independent agent who can move in and out of the aristrocracy.
(d) As a toy of the aristocracy, until he gets in their way.

5. What happens to Lord Karleigh after the duel?
(a) He begins bragging about being responsible for the duel.
(b) He locks himself up in his house.
(c) He suddenly has a lot of money.
(d) He disappears without explanation.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Michael leave, after his illicit meeting with a woman associated with his lover?

2. When does Michael say he will meet Lord Horn next?

3. Over what meal do Lady Mary Halliday and Duchess Tremontaine discuss the duel?

4. Why does Basil return home early?

5. Why does Ferris invite Basil to dinner?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the most common assumption about who hired St. Vier for the fight?

2. What does Richard St. Vier give his landlady when he first sees her in the novel, and why?

3. What is Michael's relationship with Vincent Applethorpe?

4. What does Ginnie Vandall think of Richard's performance in the sword fight?

5. Describe what Michael overhears between Michael's casual male lover and the woman Michael has just slept with.

6. What is the conflict between Lord Basil Halliday and Lord Karleigh?

7. What do the houses in Old Market look like?

8. Why doesn't it matter what Michael is wearing at the Duchess's party?

9. Why does Michael originally decide that he will sleep with Lord Horn?

10. What is Alec's advice to Richard about the job Richard has been offered?

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