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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Catherine get to meet with Kamel?
(a) Catches him on his way to lunch
(b) Barges into his office while others try to stop him
(c) Bluffs her way in
(d) Scheduled appointment

2. What is Catherine an expert at?
(a) Music
(b) Computers
(c) Chess
(d) Painting

3. What activity does Catherine use to fill her time before she leaves for Algeria?
(a) Painting
(b) Playing chess
(c) Reading
(d) Writing letters

4. What would be the end result should Garin lose the wager Charlemagne and Garin have on the game?
(a) Loss of all asets
(b) Relegation to slave status
(c) Death
(d) Removal from the kingdom

5. Which of the following describes a series of chess moves that results in the empowering of the bishop?
(a) An exchange of queens
(b) Fianchetto
(c) A quiet move
(d) Pawn to queen's fourth

6. Who does Catherine find recently killed when she goes to retrieve her briefcase?
(a) Lily's missing chauffeur
(b) Friske
(c) Lilly
(d) Solarin

7. Who was Cardinal Rihelieu?
(a) Bishop
(b) Governor
(c) Painter
(d) Politician

8. Who is the person that the Bishop says wants to gain control of the service?
(a) Richelieu
(b) Catherine the Great
(c) Valentine
(d) Voltaire

9. To what year has the author returned the reader?
(a) 1900
(b) 1850
(c) 1791
(d) 1972

10. What does Harry want Catherine to help him do?
(a) Find safe passage to Algeria
(b) Locate his missing relative in Algeria
(c) Smuggle new historical relics into Algeria
(d) Get pieces from Charlamagne's chess set

11. What happens to the fortune teller when the lights go down?
(a) She disappears
(b) She screams and runs out the door
(c) She sets up a table to do palm readings
(d) She grabs onto Catherine's hand

12. Where does the Bishop meet Camille?
(a) The Abbey
(b) Home of Robespierre
(c) Home of Catherine the Great
(d) Home of Valentine and Mireille

13. What does Catherine believe herself to be acting out?
(a) Inheritance
(b) Destiny
(c) Power
(d) Prevention of destruction

14. How is Mireille disguised as she attempts to leave Paris?
(a) Muscian
(b) Priest
(c) Nun
(d) Servant boy

15. What does the fortune teller tell Catherine?
(a) She will have a child soon
(b) She will have great fortune
(c) She is in danger
(d) She will find her true love

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes the mystical spell to be broken?

2. What relationship did Euler and Bach discuss in this section?

3. Who was it reported had given Charlemagne the gift of a special chess set?

4. Why is Lily shocked when she and Catherine arrive at the chess tournament?

5. What symbol does the Bishop see on one of the eight pieces of the Montglane Service?

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