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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Anodos read about in the book that was covering the window?
(a) Birds and insects.
(b) Fairies.
(c) Knights.
(d) Trees.

2. Why doesn't Anodos close the door to the room in the small windowless hut when the shadow comes out of the room?
(a) The door disappears.
(b) The door seems to be stuck.
(c) Something is restraining his arms.
(d) He wants to watch what happens.

3. According to the small woman who appears, how is she related to Anodos?
(a) She tells him she is his great-grandmother.
(b) She tells him she is his godmother.
(c) She tells him she is his grandmother.
(d) She tells him she is his mother.

4. What is the most probable place to which Anodos is referring when he mentions the Church of Darkness?
(a) The farmhouse.
(b) The Fairy Palace.
(c) The knight's hut.
(d) The ogre's hut.

5. Who narrates Phantastes?
(a) The secretary of Anodos' father.
(b) Someone outside the story.
(c) Anodos.
(d) Anodos' grandmother.

6. In the story Anodos retells about women with wings, what is the woman who finds a snowdrop flower looking for?
(a) A baby.
(b) The season of spring.
(c) The season of winter.
(d) A rare flower.

7. Where did the magic come from that created this path for Anodos to follow?
(a) The mysterious box.
(b) The secret room.
(c) The secretary desk.
(d) The iron gate.

8. What is the source of the story about women with wings that Anodos retells?
(a) He made it up.
(b) A book.
(c) It was passed down through Anodos' family.
(d) One of the fairies.

9. What does the woman at the farmhouse tell Anodos he must do before he can return home?
(a) Learn the magic words that will destroy the Ash tree.
(b) Save someone from the Maiden of the Alder.
(c) Read the entire tale of Sir Galahad.
(d) Travel through Fairy Land.

10. How does the conversation with the woman's husband at the farmhouse affect Anodos?
(a) Anodos realizes how homesick he is.
(b) Anodos doubts the reality of Fairy Land.
(c) Anodos realizes he must find the Maiden of the Alder.
(d) Anodos is convinced Fairy Land exists.

11. Who or what speaks to Anodos after the lightning bolt strikes?
(a) A ghostly figure.
(b) The Ash.
(c) A flame.
(d) A flower.

12. What does Anodos acquire from the source of the woman's voice to defend himself against the Ash?
(a) A troop of fairies.
(b) A protective garland.
(c) A magic chant.
(d) A candle.

13. What does Anodos notice about the water in the huge basin in which he swims?
(a) The water has a hypnotic fragrance.
(b) The water seems to float above the surface of the basin.
(c) The water disappears when he touches it, but returns when he no longer touches it.
(d) The water is the purest he's ever seen.

14. What is peculiar to Anodos about the sounds of the woods?
(a) There aren't any sounds.
(b) The sounds seem to be coming from one place.
(c) The sounds are different from any woodland sounds he's ever heard before.
(d) The sounds are deafening.

15. What does Anodos remove with his knife from an image he finds as he explores his surroundings?
(a) Rock.
(b) Moss.
(c) Sand.
(d) Mud.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the woman Anodos meets at the farmhouse, what does he have in common with other men who have passed by the farmhouse as they leave the forest?

2. When Anodos feels a chill from the marble lady's touch, what does he believe caused the chill?

3. Why does the small woman visit Anodos?

4. What conclusion does Anodos come to about the relationship of the young girl to the woman chopping vegetables?

5. What does the family at the farmhouse discuss during the evening as Anodos listens?

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