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

2. Which of the following forms does Stephen’s familiar take?
(a) Egret.
(b) Buzzard.
(c) Heron.
(d) Crane.

3. How does Diana gloss Rudolf’s note to “Bringen das Buch. Und die Hexe” (391)?
(a) Bring the buck. And the hex key.
(b) Bring the book. And the hex key.
(c) Bring the book. And the witch.
(d) Bring the buck. And the witch.

4. To which of the following is the term “Maharal” applied in the novel?
(a) Nachmanides.
(b) Maimonides.
(c) Judah Loew.
(d) Moses Isserles.

5. 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) Simile.
(c) Oxymoron.
(d) Analogy.

6. Where do Diana and Matthew part from Pierre, Jack, and Annie on their journey from London to Prague?
(a) Hamburg.
(b) Düsseldorf.
(c) Bonn.
(d) Berlin.

7. On what day do events in Prague begin to be depicted in the novel?
(a) 15 March.
(b) 3 March.
(c) 7 March.
(d) 11 March.

8. How long does Diana and Matthew’s journey from London to Prague take?
(a) Four hours.
(b) Four years.
(c) Four days.
(d) Four weeks.

9. Which of the following does the author note is historically attested?
(a) Leonard Shoreditch.
(b) Marjorie Cooper.
(c) Catherine Streeter.
(d) Susanna Norman.

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

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

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

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

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

15. On what street do Matthew and Diana lodge upon arriving in Prague?
(a) Autobahn.
(b) Sporrengasse.
(c) Bundestrasse.
(d) Hauptstrasse.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the following does Diana have in her purse when she meets with Elizabeth following her return from Prague?

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

4. Which of the following is Stephen’s familiar’s name?

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

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