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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. How long do Catherine and Lily have to hike through the desert along the walking path?

2. What does Minnie tell Lily and Catherine the white side wants to create with the information contained in the Montglane Service?

3. Why can't El-Marad go to visit the woman who has several of the chess pieces himself?

4. Where do Catherine and Lily head once they leave the city of Oran?

5. Where does Mireille tell Marat that she has shipped the pieces for which she was responsible?

Short Essay Questions

1. What alternative plan does Solarin offer once it is obvious that the storm has blown the ship significantly off course?

2. What do Catherine, Lily and Solarin agree is the only way to test their theory about the formula?

3. What was the formula in the service for and what does it allow to happen according to Newton?

4. What information related to the Montglane service does Mireille learn when she confronts Philidor, Blake and Wordsworth?

5. Describe in detail how Catherine, Lily and Carioca make it out of the restaurant?

6. What information does Charlot share with Mireille and what sacrifice does Charlot make for Mireille?

7. What prophecy does Charlot offer to Napoleon?

8. What happens to change Mireille's plans to kill Marat and how do they change?

9. What information does Kamel share with Catherine about El-Marad, the man she is looking for?

10. Where was Lily surprised to find at least two pieces of the service?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the core aspects of the character Catherine (the one in the 1970s). Include the key elements which make up her character as well as how her character is used to foreshadow the conclusion of the novel.

Essay Topic 3

At what point in the novel does the author appear to make the shift from subconscious, spiritual destiny to outward, physical reality? Why do you think the author makes this shift? Do you believe the shift is successful? Why or why not?

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