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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Richard is captured, where is he held?

2. What is the name of the drug that Alex is on?

3. Where do Alec and Richard sit for the performance?

4. After Richard kills Lord Horn, who is looking for him?

5. What is the weather like in Chapter 19?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Lord Ferris want to see Richard after he is captured?

2. How does the Duchess act toward Michael?

3. Describe the game played at the Duchess's party in Chapter 19.

4. How do Alec and Richard react to Lord Horn lying at the trial?

5. Where does Richard meet Katherine after the trial?

6. What does Richard think about the audience at the performance he and Alec go to?

7. What does Richard say about the death of Lord Horn's swordsmen?

8. What does Katherine think she recognizes about Alec?

9. What does the Duchess tell Katherine after Alec injures himself?

10. How did Katherine end her position with Lord Ferris?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The society of the nobles is filled with secrecy and manipulation. Discuss secrecy and manipulation and their role in the novel.

1) How do the nobles manipulate each other and those around them? What are they trying to achieve through manipulation? Use examples from the book.

2) What kinds of secrets do the characters in the novel keep, both about themselves and about others?

3) How does Alec's secrecy about his past differ from the noblemens' secrecy about their plots and schemes?

Essay Topic 2

When Michael first meets Basil, he sees Basil as more manly. Discuss manliness in the novel.

1) In what ways does Michael become more manly over the course of the novel? Why? What does this say about the idea of manliness?

2) How is Basil manly? What does this say about his character?

3) How is Richard manly? What qualities of manliness does he have, and how do these qualities compare or contrast with Basil?

Essay Topic 3

Richard is the central figure of the novel. Discuss Richard's character.

1) How does Richard change from the beginning to the end of the novel. Does he change?

2) What motivates and drives Richard throughout the novel? What does he want or desire?

3) Why does the novel focus on Richard as a central character?

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