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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Four—The Empire: Prague.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following professions does Annie ascribe to her aunt?
(a) Midwife.
(b) Alewife.
(c) Housewife.
(d) Farmwife.

2. Which of the following disturbs Diana and Matthew in the church where his first wife and son are buried?
(a) A grackle.
(b) A pigeon.
(c) A crow.
(d) A dove.

3. The comment that “I was Cinderella, and the birds of the forest and the fairies of the wood would be called upon if the Countess of Pembroke felt it necessary” (362) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Simile.
(b) Oxymoron.
(c) Juxtaposition.
(d) Metaphor.

4. Matthew threatens to remove which of the following from Jack when he first meets the boy?
(a) A nose.
(b) An ear.
(c) A finger.
(d) A hand.

5. Which of the following is the name of one of Matthew’s mastiffs at Woodstock?
(a) Pericles.
(b) Thucydides.
(c) Themistocles.
(d) Cimon.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is the name of one of Matthew’s mastiffs at Woodstock?

2. Which of the following does Matthew greet as he escorts Diana to her first meeting with Mary Sidney?

3. By how many days do the calendars in London and Prague differ?

4. From which of the following languages does the novel report the term “Schadiw” derives?

5. What instrument does Philippe play for Diana and Matthew?

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