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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. What does Fabrizio put on before going downstairs?

2. What are the Queen and Princess trying to accomplish with the ghost scheme?

3. Who is behind the altar in the chapel?

4. Whom does the Count arrest?

5. Where does Fabrizio find Mangus?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who leads Mangus and Fabrizio to view the ghost? What happens before the ghost appears?

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

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

4. What does Rinald/Lorenzo admit to Fabrizio? What does Fabrizio decide to do?

5. What does Mangus tell Fabrizio on the way back to their rooms? What happens to Fabrizio at the same time?

6. What does Teresina give Fabrizio when she visits him in his cell?

7. Describe the circumstances that force the Count to admit his guilt?

8. How does Fabrizio come to learn of a secret door in Teresina's rooms? Whom does he almost encounter?

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

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

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

Mangus is a man of reason and he wants to tell the King the truth. The others convince Mangus to keep it a secret for the good of the country. Mangus agrees, though reluctantly, showing the reader that he is a patriotic man. He will lie when it is necessary for the greater good.

1) Do you think that any behavior, such as lying, is moral as long as its for the greater good? Why or why not? Use examples from Midnight Magic and your own life to support your answer.

2) Do you think that immoral actions are justified for the good of a person's country? Why or why not? Use examples from Midnight Magic and your own life to support your answer.

3) Explain what you would do and how you would feel if you were asked to commit an action that was against your conscience for your country or the greater good. Use examples from your own life to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

People fear the magician. Many attempt to avoid Fabrizio because of his connection to Mangus, while others go out of their way to serve Fabrizio in the hope that Mangus will be kind to them.

1) What did you see of the character of Mangus that would make you appear a fearsome person? Why do you think the people fear Mangus? Use examples from Midnight Magic to support your answer.

2) What type of person did you see was one who tried to serve Fabrizio? How did that person's position and personality seem to influence serving Fabrizio due to fear of Mangus? Use examples from Midnight Magic to support your answer.

3) What type of person do you think would avoid Fabrizio due to fear of Mangus? Does this seem like a wiser choice than helping Fabrizio because of fear of Mangus? Why or why not? Use examples from Midnight Magic to support your answer.

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