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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 did Lord Blakeney say Margeurite should have trusted him with?

2. Who does Margeurite have the second person she talks to in the boudoir send a message to?

3. How does Marguerite feel when she sees the room that is always locked standing open?

4. What does the Scarlet Pimpernel sign all his letters with?

5. What is found in the place where Armand was seen hiding when the soldiers rush into it?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Chauvelin offer and threaten the Jewish man in Calais with?

2. What does Marguerite receive from Chauvelin after she realizes that her husband is the Scarlet Pimpernel?

3. What does Chauvelin want Blakeney to be doing when he arrests him, and why?

4. What does Chauvelin ask of the Jewish man in Calais?

5. How did Blakeney trick Chauvelin at the end of the book?

6. Why does Marguerite follow Chauvelin to where he thinks her husband will be?

7. What does Blakeney say he uses in men to outwit them?

8. How does Marguerite feel when she first realizes that her husband is the Scarlet Pimpernel?

9. What does Marguerite tell Chauvelin at the ball?

10. What does Chauvelin command his soldiers when they get to the cabin?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choosing sides is a theme in this book. What are some of the examples of this theme appearing, and how does it affect the characters involved?

Essay Topic 2

Friendship is a strong theme throughout the book. Where are some places that this theme appears, and how do the characters touched by it react? How do certain friendships change over the course of the book, and what causes these changes?

Essay Topic 3

Despair is a theme that was placed in a number of sensitive places in this plot. What are some of these places, and what role does despair play in this book?

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