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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 are Richard and Alec hoping to find, when they go out?
(a) A fight.
(b) Drinks.
(c) Some food.
(d) A party.

2. What does the Duchess's barge look like?
(a) A fish.
(b) A peacock.
(c) A swan.
(d) A leaf.

3. What do Alec and Richard laugh at, about Lord Horn's letter?
(a) His spelling.
(b) His choice of paper.
(c) His noble seal.
(d) His handwriting.

4. What unusual item is the person trying to hire Richard wearing?
(a) A boutineer of orchids.
(b) An eyepatch.
(c) A fanciful hat.
(d) A false mustache.

5. Where does the Duchess invite Basil and Mary?
(a) To a picnic on her barge.
(b) To an outing to a local castle.
(c) To a dance in her home.
(d) To a luncheon in the town hall.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Duchess give to the man Michael believes she is having an affair with?

2. What does Alec do whenever Richard asks about Alec's past?

3. What do the commoners do on the night of the Duchess's party?

4. How do Lady Mary Halliday and Duchess Tremontaine describe Michael?

5. Why does Ferris invite Basil to dinner?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Richard tell Katherine about Alec's background?

2. What happens when Alec wakes Richard during the night, after Richard's meeting with Katherine?

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

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

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

6. What do Richard and Alec say about the Duchess, as they watch the party?

7. How does Richard describe his relationship with Alec to Katherine?

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

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

10. How does the Duchess act toward Michael during the party?

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