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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many African men that King Christophe trained as palace pages await him at the bottom of the palace stairs in Part Three: Chapter VI?
(a) 12
(b) 8
(c) 5
(d) 2

2. Where does Pauline depart for after her husband’s death in Part Two?
(a) Sydney, Australia
(b) Paris, France
(c) Los Angeles, California
(d) Moscow, Russia

3. What are the names of the princesses described in Part Three: Chapter II?
(a) Pauline and Samantha
(b) Esmerelda and Victoria
(c) Athenaїs and Améthyste
(d) Susanna and Elizabeth

4. What response does Ti Noël get when he asks where the dogs are going in Part Two: Chapter VI?
(a) To go hunting
(b) To go swimming
(c) To find freedom
(d) To eat niggers

5. What part of King Henri Christophe’s body is given to his wife by the governor in Part Three: Chapter VII?
(a) His toe
(b) His ear
(c) His nose
(d) His finger

6. Sans Souci is the palace of whom in Part Three: Chapter II?
(a) Henri Christophe
(b) Governor Blancheland
(c) Athenaїs
(d) Corneille Breille

7. What does Pauline Bonaparte begin to superstitiously avoid stepping on in Part Two: Chapter VII?
(a) Shadows
(b) Cracks in the tiles
(c) Black cats
(d) Broken mirrors

8. Part Three: Chapter V is titled “Chronicle of” what date?
(a) December 7
(b) August 15
(c) April 1
(d) June 28

9. What does the ghostly apparition that appears to King Henri Christophe do after it appears?
(a) It bursts into flames
(b) It stabs King Henri Christophe
(c) It calls forth a pack of wolves
(d) It leaps to the roof-beams

10.
(a) Queen Marie-Louise
(b) Améthyste
(c) Athenaїs
(d) Soliman

11. Where does Soliman begin sleeping in Part Two: Chapter VII?
(a) In King Henri's bed
(b) On the ship's deck
(c) On a rug in Pauline's room
(d) In General Leclerc's bed

12. The rituals of Voodoo resonate with Pauline Bonaparte’s background from where?
(a) Tijuana
(b) New York
(c) South Africa
(d) Corsica

13. What is Part Three: Chapter VII’s title?
(a) Santiago de Cuba
(b) Strait is the Gate
(c) San Souci
(d) Statues

14. What does Pauline Bonaparte order to begin construction after her arrival on the island in Part Two: Chapter VI?
(a) A statue
(b) A stable
(c) A church
(d) A swimming pool

15. What flower is considered the most decorative and desired, according to the narrator in Part Four: Chapter II?
(a) The sunflower
(b) The rose
(c) The tulip
(d) The poppy

Short Answer Questions

1. The immense brick fortress described in Part Three: Chapter III is located on top of what mountain?

2. The statue of Venus of Canova was modeled by whom, according to the narrator in Part Four: Chapter I?

3. What monstrous structure is described as rising up on top of a mountain in Part Three: Chapter III?

4. Soliman engages in an affair with a maid at what palace in Part Four: Chapter I?

5. What slave does Pauline Bonaparte solicit as a masseuse in Part Two: Chapter VI?

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