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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What alerts Michelotto to the existence of the coffin in "Fire and Ivy"?
(a) He hears the dwarves talking about it.
(b) He sees the ivy burning.
(c) He is hunting in the woods and sees it.
(d) He stumbles upon the mirror and sees a vision of the coffin.

2. Who kisses Bianca in "Fire and Ivy"?
(a) Prince Dschem.
(b) Cesare.
(c) Michelotto.
(d) Ranuccio.

3. What did Ranuccio go to the monastery to do?
(a) Study and pray for absolution.
(b) Find some food and shelter.
(c) Meet an old friend.
(d) Build up strength.

4. Who returns to Montefiore with Bianca in "Montefiore"?
(a) The dwarves.
(b) Michelotto.
(c) Cesare.
(d) Ranuccio.

5. What is the name of the eighth dwarf?
(a) Sevenday.
(b) Lastday.
(c) Oneday.
(d) Nextday.

6. Where is the Greek monastery where Vicente is being held?
(a) Sparta.
(b) Athens.
(c) Tesophilos.
(d) Attica.

7. What does Vicente observe about the thing he sees in the corner of his cell in "A Beast in the Wall"?
(a) It is shaped like a person.
(b) It is moving.
(c) It is pretty.
(d) It is ugly.

8. What is Theo Bombast von Hohenheim also known as?
(a) Aulus.
(b) Cornelius.
(c) Paracelsus.
(d) Wilhelm.

9. What is the name of the son that Lucrezia gives birth to in "Thais"?
(a) Domenico.
(b) Matteo.
(c) Alessandro.
(d) Biagio.

10. What does Bianca see when she looks around at the beginning of "The Dwarves"?
(a) Tree trunks with smiles.
(b) Boulders with human characteristics.
(c) A bunch of small creatures giggling back at her.
(d) A group of men-like creatures starring back at her.

11. What does Lucrezia believe of the apple from The Tree of Knowledge?
(a) It will bring her wealth and power.
(b) It holds the secret to immortality.
(c) It is powerless.
(d) It will end Bianca's life.

12. Who does Vicente observe looking at Bianca's coffin in "Vigil"?
(a) A hunter.
(b) Lucrezia.
(c) Seven small men and a dog.
(d) A group of little people and a boulder.

13. What does Michelotto ask the dwarves for in "Fire and Ivy"?
(a) Permission to kiss Bianca.
(b) Directions.
(c) Some food to eat.
(d) Information on how Bianca came to be in the coffin.

14. Who narrates the chapter called "As-iksr"?
(a) Bianca.
(b) Vicente.
(c) Lucrezia.
(d) A dwarf.

15. Why do the dwarves affix the glass from the mirror to the lid of Bianca's coffin?
(a) In order to witness her decomposition and their own transition into full humanness.
(b) To guard the coffin from afar.
(c) To decorate the coffin.
(d) To show Bianca that she is not alone.

Short Answer Questions

1. What stops Bianca from thinking she is dreaming in "The Dwarves"?

2. What year is Part Four set in?

3. What do the dwarves marvel at in "Fire and Ivy"?

4. What was Lucrezia's demand to Ranuccio in the past?

5. What is Lucrezia floating in in "The Heart of the Matter"?

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