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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 gives Fabrizio an opportunity to speak with Teresina?

2. What does Teresina do?

3. Of what does Mangus accuse Fabrizio?

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

5. With whom does Teresina speak about the viewing of the ghost that night?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mangus ask of the King the next day after the incident in the Chapel?

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

3. What does the Queen say about her son?

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

5. When Fabrizio finds Rinaldo in the chapel, what does Rinaldo tell Fabrizio about Rinaldo's identity?

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

7. What happens about the Count's glove that Fabrizio found?

8. Who comes to Fabrizio in his cell and what happens?

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

10. When the ghost appears, what does it say?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the following:

1) In your opinion, what are the characteristics of a successful novel?

2) Analyze and discuss Midnight Magic based upon the criteria you decide upon in #1 and judge if it is a successful novel. Explain your rationale with specific examples.

3) Do you think the fact that Midnight Magic falls within the genre of historical fiction changes the criteria upon which its success should be judged? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

Many readers of fiction place themselves in the position of one character, wondering if they would do the same thing as that character. Discuss the following:

1) Do you think one of the values of literature is to serve as a reflection of oneself? Why or why not?

2) Socrates said "Know thyself." How can reading a book such as Midnight Magic help a reader to know him/herself? Do you find yourself reflecting on your own character and abilities when reading Midnight Magic? Why or why not?

3) Choose one specific incident in Midnight Magic to compare Fabrizio or Mangus's response to how you think you would respond in the same situation.

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