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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 alerts Michelotto to the existence of the coffin in "Fire and Ivy"?

2. Why did this happen to Primavera when Ranuccio revealed the truth?

3. What do the dwarves seem to share?

4. What did Ranuccio go to the monastery to do?

5. What husband is Lucrezia married to by "As-iksr"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Lucrezia react to the sacred branch in Part 3?

2. What is Bianca's first meeting with the dwarves like in Part 3?

3. What do the dwarves do to the coffin in "Fire and Ivy"?

4. What does Lucrezia discover about the gondolier in Part 4?

5. Why does Lucrezia travel to the palace of the Doge in Part 4?

6. What strange things does Bianca observe while staying with the dwarves in "A Hole in the World"?

7. How does Bianca feel when she returns to Montefiore in "Montefiore"?

8. What do the dwarves tell Bianca about her home and family in "The Dwarves"?

9. What does Lucrezia see in the mirror in "Mirror Mirror"?

10. What does Michelotto ask the dwarves permission for in Part 4?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the different archetypes present in the novel. Are these archetypes commonly found in fairy tales?

Essay Topic 2

What is the genre of the novel? What are elements commonly found in this type of novel? What are some other examples of works of this genre? What similarities do these works share with the novel "Mirror, Mirror"?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the historical context of the novel "Mirror, Mirror". How does Maguire incorporate the real historical figures and the Renaissance into the novel?

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