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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long is the celebration of Diana’s wedding to Matthew set to last?

2. Where does Diana first meet with Annie’s aunt?

3. As which of the following does Diana gloss the phrase “Video et taceo” (365)?

4. Which of the following titles does Thomas achieve at Saturnalia?

5. Where does Raleigh part company with Diana on the way to Sept-Tours?

Short Essay Questions

1. What reasons does Diana note for asserting that “Walter’s was the only opinion that mattered” (24)?

2. What does Diana experience upon tasting stag’s blood at Sept-Tours?

3. To what James Bond does George compare Matthew, and to which had Diana compared him?

4. Where is it remarked that scholars search for English commonplace books?

5. What features does Diana note as typical of Elizabethan English writing?

6. What defensive structures does Diana note as she and Matthew make their final approach to Sept-Tours at Philippe’s summons?

7. In the novel, what is the covenant, and who upholds it?

8. What reasons are given for the strange courtesies of Dr. Dee’s household?

9. What significance does Matthew attribute to Hubbard grabbing Diana’s wrist?

10. How does Diana note expecting Dr. Dee’s library to look?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Diana notes that, passing near St. Paul’s Cathedral in London, she “felt a surge of energy that reminded [her] of the temple to the goddess near Sept-Tours. Deep under the cathedral, something sensed [her] presence. It responded with a whisper, a slight stirring beneath [her] feet, a sigh of acknowledgement—and then it was gone” (241). Based on the novel and what it reveals of the author’s outside reading, what might that “something” be? Why might it be so?

Essay Topic 2

Explicate the symbolism of Matthew being known as Gabriel among the Jewish community in Prague.

Essay Topic 3

Throughout the text, it is emphasized that Diana will not eat venison, although she tastes stag’s blood and eats other meats. Within the novel, what significance attaches itself to the abstention? How does it do so?

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