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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. With which of the following does Beaton test Diana?
(a) A candle.
(b) An oven.
(c) A fireplace.
(d) A jug of ale.

2. Which of the following signs do the Fields sport on their stationery shop?
(a) Wheel.
(b) Sun.
(c) Anchor.
(d) Crow.

3. With which of the following does Matthew present Diana as a holiday gift in London?
(a) A book of mathematics.
(b) A book of astrology.
(c) A book of venery.
(d) A book of prayer.

4. Of which of the following is Susanna Norman’s ritual broom made?
(a) Laurel.
(b) Rowan.
(c) Cherry.
(d) Elm.

5. Which of the following titles does Dr. Dee report Bacon ascribed to Ashmole 782?
(a) De Bello Gallico.
(b) Malleus Maleficarum.
(c) Legenda Aurea.
(d) Verum Secretum Secretorum.

Short Answer Questions

1. The comment that “I was Cinderella, and the birds of the forest and the fairies of the wood would be called upon if the Countess of Pembroke felt it necessary” (362) offers an example of which of the following?

2. Which of the following does Diana encounter while on her way to John Hester’s shop?

3. Which of the following does Matthew note is on the menu for the wedding feast?

4. Which of the following is among the differences from twenty-first century Sept-Tours Diana notes in sixteenth-century Sept-Tours?

5. Which of the following is the name of one of Matthew’s mastiffs at Woodstock?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Diana experience upon tasting stag’s blood at Sept-Tours?

2. In the novel, what is the covenant, and who upholds it?

3. What reasons does Diana note for asserting that “Walter’s was the only opinion that mattered” (24)?

4. What in Baynard’s Castle indicates its aristocratic use when Diana first enters it?

5. What does Diana note regarding Elizabethan journal-keeping?

6. What reason does Matthew give for marrying Diana at the door to the local church, rather than inside it?

7. What explanation does Matthew give Diana for the abundance of witches, vampires, and daemons in Barbican Cross?

8. Where is it remarked that scholars search for English commonplace books?

9. What kind of crowd do Diana and her companions encounter at St. Paul’s as she makes her way to her first meeting with Mary Sidney?

10. What reasons does Diana note for “the most important rule” the Congregation enforces: “No fraternizing between otherworldly species” (27)?

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