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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. The comment about “lightening the heavy atmosphere as though a summer storm had blown through the room” (29) is an example of which of the following?

2. In the novel, the term “fileuse de temps” carries which of the following meanings?

3. Which of the following is among the differences from twenty-first century Sept-Tours Diana notes in sixteenth-century Sept-Tours?

4. With which of the following does Matthew present Diana as a holiday gift in London?

5. What kind of being is Marlowe in the novel?

Short Essay Questions

1. What distinction between marriage and mating among vampires does Diana note?

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

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

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

5. What explanation does Diana receive for her displacement of half a month?

6. What wedding gifts does Philippe give Diana?

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

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

9. What kind of crowd do Diana and her companions encounter at St. Paul’s as she makes her way to her first meeting with Mary Sidney?

10. What advice does Lord Burghley give to Diana when he first meets her?

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

What narrative purpose does Philippe’s relation of the tale of Peleus and Thetis at Matthew and Diana’s nuptials (172-73) serve? What in the text indicates that it serves that function? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 3

Consider the comments about The Faerie Queene that Diana and Marlowe make at the beginning of the fifth chapter (58). To what extent can they be taken as indicative of the author’s regard for the work? What in the text indicates as much? How does it do so?

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