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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. Why must Ransom go to find Merlin?
(a) He has met Merlin before.
(b) He knows the language of the eldils.
(c) He is sworn to protect Jane.
(d) He knows how to fight Merlin.

2. What do Mr. Frost and Mr. Wither fight about before Mark returns to Belbury in the hands of the police?
(a) The usefulness of the Head.
(b) The usefulness of Merlin.
(c) The usefulness of Jane.
(d) The usefulness of Mark.

3. What does Merlin think Ransom and his followers should do to Jane?
(a) Embrace her.
(b) Kill her.
(c) Let her rest.
(d) Protect her.

4. How are Wither and Frost attempting to communicate with the man they think is Merlin?
(a) They are using hand motions.
(b) They are using the Head to translate.
(c) They are speaking old langauges like Latin.
(d) They are writing everything down.

5. What did Frost say Mark's murder charge was?
(a) A reason for deep misgivings.
(b) Part of his initiation into the inner circle.
(c) A misunderstanding.
(d) Something Frost would like to thank him for.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Jane left out of the very important house meeting at St. Anne's after she meets the leader?

2. Where is King Arthur's ring according to Merlin's riddle to Ransom?

3. What was MacPhee doing while Ransom was answering Merlin's riddles?

4. Where does the Fairy tell Mark his wife is as he is writing his letter to Jane?

5. How does the man in ragged clothes get to St. Anne's?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Mark trying to do when his pen is knocked out of his hand by the Fairy?

2. According to the macrobes, what is the true fate of human kind?

3. What kind of tests does Merlin give to Mr. Ransom to make sure he is the real leader at St. Anne's?

4. Why does Merlin feel so much animosity towards Jane?

5. What does Merlin do when Ransom successfully passes all the tests Merlin gives to see if Ransom truly is the leader of St. Anne's?

6. What is left of the N.I.C.E. at the end of the banquet?

7. How is the Head able to speak?

8. What is found at the scene of Hingest's murder that makes Mark a suspect in the murder?

9. What is so frustrating to Mark when he gets to his apartment after leaving Belbury?

10. What does Mr. Frost receive that causes him to leave Mark in the holding room with no warning?

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