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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 the Bishop discover when he returns home?
(a) Mireille unconscious and wounded
(b) Valentine dead
(c) The chess service on his table
(d) Camille talking with Robespierre

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

3. What was the purpose of the Tower of Babel according to Philidor?
(a) To understand the language of God
(b) To search for the service
(c) To reach Heaven
(d) To protect the city

4. Which of the following characters tells Mireille that the Abbess sent him?
(a) Napoleon
(b) The Bishop
(c) Letizia
(d) Mordecai

5. What does the Abbess show Catherine on her palm?
(a) Where her life line ends
(b) Where Catherine loses the power
(c) Where their paths cross
(d) A figure 8

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Catherine believe the Freemasons to be?

2. What is jokingly called the eighth wonder of the world in this chapter?

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

4. When is Catherine's birthday?

5. Who takes Catherine back to the hotel after Solarin disappeared from the nightclub?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the Abbess show to Catherine the Great? What does Catherine want with it? How does Catherine react?

2. Why does the Bishop believe it is ironic that the Abbess has gone to Russia and removed the Service from the Abbey?

3. When David arrives, what information does he find out about Valentine and what happens to her?

4. What is Dr. Nim's explanation for the coincidence of the man lurking outside on the bicycle and in the painting ?

5. What conclusion does Mordecai draw after hearing Lily and Catherine describe the story of the chauffeur?

6. What does David believe is the only thing that will be able to save France and from what does he believe France needs to be saved?

7. What story does the Bishop tell Mireille and Valentine after the opera when they spend the night at his home?

8. What encounter does Philidor relate to David and what happened during the encounter?

9. Why is Llewellyn excited to hear about Catherine's relocation and what does he ask of her?

10. What does Kamel tell Catherine he has done to ensure she is available and able to complete the work he wants her to complete?

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