The Eight Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Katherine Neville
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 112 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Eight Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Katherine Neville
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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. What is Fiske using to transmit?

2. Whose identity does Catherine try to determine as part of her investigation into the chess match?

3. Where does the Bishop meet Camille?

4. What does the Bishop discover when he returns home?

5. Which of the following describes a series of chess moves that results in the empowering of the bishop?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why doesn't Mireille want to return to David's home and what information does the Bishop share with her?

2. What steps does Catherine take on her own once she and Lily split up to complete research?

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

4. What story does Catherine tell the Abbess to convince the Abbess that it is important that she receive the entire Service?

5. What news do Marie-Charlotte and Alexandrine bring to the Abbess and the other nuns?

6. Describe Catherine's incident with the fortune teller and her reaction to the entire encounter.

7. Who saves Mirielle from Paris and what connection does Mirielle find out about them and her past?

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

9. What is the meaning of the title, "Pawn to Queen's Fourth", of this section of the novel and where is the title described?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe in detail how the author develops suspense throughout the novel? Do you believe the author does it well? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

What two functions did the character Corday serve in the novel? Which function was a clever incorporation of fiction into fact? Evaluate the author's skill at accomplishing this task.

Essay Topic 3

Of what significance is April 4th and how does the author develop the idea of this date throughout the novel? What things (people and events) does it represent a spiritually convergent date for? What and how does this foreshadow?

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