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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. Which of the following does Diana have in her purse when she meets with Elizabeth following her return from Prague?

2. Which of the following cars do Diana and Matthew find in Amsterdam?

3. Which of the following does the author note is historically attested?

4. What sign hangs on the house where Diana and Matthew lodge in Prague?

5. Which of the following is Stephen’s familiar’s name?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Matthew and Elizabeth plan to address the matter of Ashmole 782 with Rudolf’s ambassador?

2. What masque does Diana propose be performed to mark the approaching end of Lent?

3. What perils does Matthew note to Diana that their interpersonal situation poses them in Prague?

4. What does Matthew describe to Diana regarding taking blood in intimate relationships?

5. What information does Rabbi Loew provide to Diana and Matthew regarding Ashmole 782?

6. What does Diana note is an unexpected benefit of being a weaver as she and Matthew prepare for their first meeting with the Holy Roman Emperor?

7. How, per Hubbard, does James of Scotland manage to reverse a jury’s decision?

8. What is Lobero?

9. What titles does Matthew note Rudolf holds?

10. What does Diana note in Bedlam is Matthew’s greatest fear?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Consider the following:

“The child won’t live out the week unless an adult takes responsibility for him. What is that you said? Love, a grown-up to care for them, and a soft place to land?”

“Don’t turn my words against me, Diana. That was about our child, not some homeless waif. “Mathew, who had met more witches in the past few days than most vampires did in a lifetime, was spoiling for a fight.

“I was a homeless waif once.”

My husband drew back as if I’d slapped him. (306)

What attitudes are indicated in the passage? How are they indicated?

Essay Topic 2

Marlowe remarks that “Matthew cannot keep playing Odysseus to [Diana’s] Circe” (23). Explicate the analogy; that is, explain why Matthew takes the place of Odysseus relative to Diana, the witch, being likened to Circe.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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