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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Six—New World, Old World; and Back Matter.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From which of the following languages does the novel report the term “Schadiw” derives?
(a) Dutch.
(b) Czech.
(c) Polish.
(d) German.

2. Diana glosses the term “aqua fortis” as which of the following?
(a) Water castle.
(b) Strong water.
(c) Water for this.
(d) Loud water.

3. What euphemism does Marlowe note is the preferred term for Elizabethan spies?
(a) Espionagier.
(b) Intelligencer.
(c) Curiosity.
(d) Canny-person.

4. Which of the following kinds of tree is summoned by Diana’s forspell?
(a) Elm.
(b) Laurel.
(c) Cherry.
(d) Rowan.

5. In which of the following locations do Diana and Matthew appear in 1590?
(a) Oxfordshire.
(b) Lincolnshire.
(c) Yorkshire.
(d) Cambridgeshire.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following professions is attributed to Beaton?

2. Which of the following artists painted the painting of the Tudors in the parlor at Woodstock?

3. Which of the following is the first day of the week Diana records in her commonplace book?

4. The comment that “The idea of George Chapman playing Henry Higgins to my Eliza Doolittle” (29) is an example of which of the following?

5. To which of the following ravens does Gallowglass liken himself?

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