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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. What color is Diana’s hair when she arrives in 1590?
2. What instrument does Philippe play for Diana and Matthew?
3. As which of the following does Diana gloss Matthew’s Latin comment “Immensi tremor oceani” (95)?
4. To which of the following predators does Diana compare Gallowglass?
5. The comment that “The idea of George Chapman playing Henry Higgins to my Eliza Doolittle” (29) is an example of which of the following?
Short Essay Questions
1. What significance does Matthew attribute to Hubbard grabbing Diana’s wrist?
2. How does Matthew report that Philippe will die, and when?
3. How does Diana note expecting Dr. Dee’s library to look?
4. Upon learning of her pregnancy, what does Matthew assert to Diana a child needs (215)?
5. Following her forspell, as Diana consults with the London witches regarding how to control her firedrake familiar, what does she realize about the commonalities between her magical and historical practices?
6. In what does Diana see Matthew’s assumption of a princely demeanor after they make landfall on the Continent en route to Sept-Tours?
7. What reasons does Gallowglass give for refusing to enter France?
8. What reasons are given for the strange courtesies of Dr. Dee’s household?
9. What bargain does Matthew strike with Elizabeth before departing for Prague?
10. Why does Diana leave her commonplace book at the Old Lodge instead of taking it to Sept-Tours?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
There is an early comment in the text that “Matthew’s scientific tests had revealed genetic markers for the magical potential in [Diana’s] blood” (7). What effect does the comment have upon the passage in which it is found? Upon the novel as a whole? What in the text leads to that conclusion? How does it do so?
Essay Topic 2
Many sources attest to the presence of Shadow of Night on the New York Times best-seller list. Assuming that sales figures reflect popularity, what accounts for the popularity of the novel? How does it do so?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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