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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) 14.
(b) 20.
(c) 6.
(d) 10.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Which of the following houses do the Kelleys maintain in Prague?
(a) The Bird and Baby.
(b) The Donkey and Cradle.
(c) The Fox and Henhouse.
(d) The Elephant and Castle.

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

11. Which of the following types of birds does Matthew fly on the hunt in the Stag Moat at Prague?
(a) Gyrfalcon.
(b) Eagle.
(c) Merlin.
(d) Kestrel.

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

13. 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) Analogy.
(b) Oxymoron.
(c) Conceit.
(d) Simile.

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

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) Analogy.
(b) Simile.
(c) Conceit.
(d) Metaphor.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Which of the following does Gallowglass introduce to Diana and Matthew’s household in Prague?

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

5. 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?

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