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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many inmates of Bedlam does Diana note, total?
(a) 6.
(b) 20.
(c) 14.
(d) 10.

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

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) Metaphor.
(c) Oxymoron.
(d) Analogy.

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

5. Which of the following labels does Diana note gets applied to the compendium she received of Habermel?
(a) The witch clock.
(b) The rat trap.
(c) The wrong answer.
(d) The star book.

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

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

8. 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?
(a) Conceit.
(b) Oxymoron.
(c) Simile.
(d) Analogy.

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

10. As which of the following does Diana gloss “Omni fine initium novum” (572)?
(a) To everything there is a season.
(b) All fine intuition knows.
(c) Each penalty starts anew.
(d) In every ending there is a new beginning.

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

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

13. Which of the following does Gallowglass introduce to Diana and Matthew’s household in Prague?
(a) Tamara.
(b) Tereza.
(c) Terezka.
(d) Tanja.

14. Which of the following does Diana encounter in the tiltyard at Greenwich?
(a) Ysbeau.
(b) Louisa.
(c) Abigail.
(d) Françoise.

15. Which of the following treatments is sent to Diana after she feigns illness to meet the Maharal?
(a) Aqua vitae.
(b) Terra incognita.
(c) Terra sigillata.
(d) Aqua fortis.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year does Diana encounter her father in Elizabethan England?

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

3. Which of the following types of birds does Rudolf fly on the hunt in the Stag Moat at Prague?

4. Which of the following is the name of the weaver Diana meets in Prague?

5. Which of the following does Diana find in Matthew’s chambers while he dines with Elizabeth?

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