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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. Why is Fabrizio let out of his cell?

2. Who awakens Fabrizio that night?

3. What does Mangus think someone uses to create the ghost?

4. What happens when Fabrizio tries to catch the Count?

5. What does Fabrizio put on before going downstairs?

Short Essay Questions

1. Whom does Fabrizio encounter while people are rushing to the chapel? What does Fabrizio ask?

2. Who comes to the Chapel when Mangus is about to question the Princess?

3. What does the Queen believe about the ghost? What wish does she express to Fabrizio that is fulfilled?

4. What does Teresina say to Fabrizio when he goes to her chambers?

5. Whom does Fabrizio see in the niche? What is he doing?

6. What does Mangus show the Princess and Fabrizio?

7. Where do Fabrizio and the Queen find Mangus and what does he claim?

8. What does Fabrizio do at Mangus' house?

9. What does Fabrizio do in the confusion over the death of Addetto?

10. Why does Fabrizio go in search of Mangus? Whom does Fabrizio encounter on his search?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Midnight Magic, like many, and perhaps a majority, of novels ends on a happy note. Discuss the following:

1) Why do you think most people want what they perceive as a happy or good ending to a novel? Explain your opinion. Do you? Why or why? not?

2) What are three reasons to read fiction? Discuss each one in light of Midnight Magic and whether or not it fulfills all three of the reasons you mention.

3) Do you think reading solely for entertainment is as good a reason to read as any other? Why or why not? Can any work of fiction or non-fiction, no matter how poorly written, enlighten, teach, stimulate thought? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Sometimes a book is more of a character-driven plot rather than action driven, and vice-versa. Some books seem to balance the two. Discuss the following:

1) What do you think it means to say that a plot is character-driven? Action driven?

2) How do you think a plot differs if it is character-driven versus action driven?

3) Which type of plot do you find more interesting? Why?

4) Do you think it is possible to have a plot where action and character development share equal time? Why or why not?

5) Is the plot in Midnight Magic character or action driven? Explain your response.

Essay Topic 3

Choose one of the three options below and write an essay using details and examples from the play:

1) Almost all fiction contains some form of the idea of good versus evil. Take three characters and explain why they are good, evil, or a mixture and provide examples from Midnight Magic.

2) How would the story have changed if the Princess or the Queen had told Mangus from the beginning about their plot? Use examples from Midnight Magic to support your answer.

3) Most fiction contains some examples of foreshadowing. Carefully reread Midnight Magic and list five places you believe foreshadow a future event. Give details and explain why you chose each instance.

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