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

2. Which of the following does Gallowglass introduce to Diana and Matthew’s household in Prague?
(a) Kaudie.
(b) Karolína.
(c) Karla.
(d) Kamila.

3. The comment that “Kelley cannot be plucked from the emperor’s court like a stray weed” (483) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Simile.
(b) Oxymoron.
(c) Analogy.
(d) Metaphor.

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

5. Which of the following is the name of the golem in the novel?
(a) Yosef.
(b) Isaac.
(c) Ishmael.
(d) Abraham.

6. Diana glosses the term “nachzehrer” as which of the following?
(a) Nothing of the kind.
(b) Non-zoomer.
(c) Night runner.
(d) Devourer of the dead.

7. Which of the following does Diana note appears on the second page of the intact Ashmole 782?
(a) A phoenix.
(b) A gargantua.
(c) A dragon.
(d) A leviathan.

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

9. Which of the following treatments does Elizabeth’s attendant provide for her toothache?
(a) Willowbark tea.
(b) Menthol.
(c) Clove oil.
(d) Boswellia resin.

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

11. In what year does Diana encounter her father in Elizabethan England?
(a) 1589.
(b) 1590.
(c) 1591.
(d) 1592.

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

13. From which of the following years does Diana note her father has come to Elizabethan England?
(a) 1985.
(b) 1975.
(c) 1980.
(d) 1990.

14. Which of the following dances do Diana and Matthew dance at the Royal Exchange?
(a) The Macarena.
(b) The Cupid Shuffle.
(c) The Black Nag.
(d) The Charleston.

15. 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) Conceit.
(c) Analogy.
(d) Metaphor.

Short Answer Questions

1. In which of the following years does Matthew note receiving the salamander necklace he gives to Diana?

2. In which of the following locations does Knox meet with Skovajsa?

3. Which of the following treatments is sent to Diana after she feigns illness to meet the Maharal?

4. Which of the following forms does Stephen’s familiar take?

5. How does Diana gloss Rudolf’s note to “Bringen das Buch. Und die Hexe” (391)?

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