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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. With which of the following does Matthew present Diana as a holiday gift in London?

2. Which of the following is the cleric who accuses Diana of witchcraft at Woodstock?

3. Which of the following runes does Gallowglass consult?

4. What meaning is ascribed to the name of Matthew’s late son with Bianca?

5. Which of the following professions does Annie ascribe to her aunt?

Short Essay Questions

1. To what James Bond does George compare Matthew, and to which had Diana compared him?

2. What reason does Diana consider, after suffering a miscarriage, for inability to conceive?

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

4. Why does Diana leave her commonplace book at the Old Lodge instead of taking it to Sept-Tours?

5. What defensive structures does Diana note as she and Matthew make their final approach to Sept-Tours at Philippe’s summons?

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

7. 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?

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

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

10. What does Diana identify as among Matthew’s “tells” to Alain and Pierre?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There is an early comment in the text that “Matthew’s scientific tests had revealed genetic markers for the magical potential in [Diana’s] blood” (7). What effect does the comment have upon the passage in which it is found? Upon the novel as a whole? What in the text leads to that conclusion? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 2

Consider the argument between Diana and Matthew at the beginning of the sixteenth chapter. Which of their positions does the text support as being correct? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 3

Gallowglass comments that “You [Matthew] don’t spend enough time at the market. The women of Malá Strana know everything, including what the emperor is having for breakfast and that he’s refused to see you” (389). What is implied by the comment? How is it implied?

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