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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is the name of the weaver Diana meets in Prague?
(a) Yosef.
(b) Abraham.
(c) Isaac.
(d) Ishmael.

2. At which of the following locations do Diana and Matthew arrive back in their own time?
(a) Bishop House.
(b) Sept-Tours.
(c) Oxford.
(d) The Old Lodge.

3. Which of the following professions is ascribed to Diana’s father?
(a) Philosopher.
(b) Anthropologist.
(c) Historian.
(d) Biochemist.

4. Which of the following does Diana have in her purse when she meets with Elizabeth following her return from Prague?
(a) A collar Lobero had worn.
(b) A glass bead Jack had thought a jewel.
(c) A corroded coin Annie had found.
(d) A brief note from Gallowglass.

5. By which of the following names is it noted that Matthew went in the court of Henry VIII?
(a) William Butts.
(b) George Owen.
(c) Thomas Wendy.
(d) Sebastian St. Clair.

6. From which of the following does Matthew note receiving the salamander necklace he gives to Diana?
(a) Louis.
(b) William.
(c) Henry.
(d) Francis.

7. The comment that “Kelley cannot be plucked from the emperor’s court like a stray weed, no matter how many roses grow there” (483) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Conceit.
(c) Analogy.
(d) Oxymoron.

8. Which of the following is the first kill of the hunt in the Stag Moat at Prague?
(a) Pheasant.
(b) Partridge.
(c) Chicke.
(d) Grouse.

9. To which of the following ravens does Gallowglass liken Matthew?
(a) Huginn.
(b) Muninn.
(c) Grip.
(d) Mabel.

10. Which of the following treatments is sent to Diana after she feigns illness to meet the Maharal?
(a) A rams-horn cup.
(b) A silver cup.
(c) A unicorn-horn cup.
(d) A golden cup.

11. The novel glosses the term “oubliette” as which of the following?
(a) A place to go to forget about people.
(b) A place to leave people where they can be cared for.
(c) A place to go where everybody knows your name.
(d) A place to leave people and forget about them.

12. Which of the following does Diana have in her purse when she meets with Elizabeth following her return from Prague?
(a) Batrachite fragments.
(b) Fecalith fragments.
(c) Nagamani fragments.
(d) Bezoar fragments.

13. The comment that “It was full of light, and after the gloom and dust of the preceding chambers, entering it felt like taking in a lungful of clean air” (397) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Simile.
(b) Analogy.
(c) Conceit.
(d) Metaphor.

14. Which of the following epithets does Rudolf apply to Diana?
(a) La Diosa.
(b) La Virgen.
(c) La Belleza.
(d) La Lloronoa.

15. In which of the following years does Matthew note receiving the salamander necklace he gives to Diana?
(a) 1549.
(b) 1541.
(c) 1556.
(d) 1538.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is Diana’s familiar’s name?

2. Which of the following does Diana encounter in the tiltyard at Greenwich?

3. On which level of Diana and Matthew’s house in Prague do the vampires in their household sleep?

4. The comment “With famous court beauties given a role in the entertainment and wearing fabulously spangled and jeweled costumes, the masque quickly took on the tone of a school play, complete with admiring parents” (450) offers an example of which of the following?

5. At which of the following times does Diana note having met Matthew?

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