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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. Which of the following colors of shoes does Matthew order from Bidwell?

2. Which of the following runes does Gallowglass consult?

3. To which of the following predators does Diana compare Matthew?

4. To which of the following predators does Diana compare Philippe?

5. With which of the following does Beaton test Diana?

Short Essay Questions

1. What reasoning does Philippe give for using gold as a symbol of vampires?

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

3. Why are the clothiers who call upon Diana at Woodstock surprised by her, per her own understanding?

4. 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?

5. What does Matthew use as file storage in his lodgings in Blackfriars?

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

7. What explanation does Matthew give Diana for the dearth of witches, vampires, and daemons in Blackfriars?

8. What wedding gifts does Philippe give Diana?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The comment is made at multiple points in the novel that monsters often look like ordinary people. Does the novel as a whole bear out the comment? What in the text indicates that it does or does not? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 2

Philippe comments that what Matthew “possesses is belief, which is quite different [from faith] and depends on the head rather than the heart” (136). Is the comment about the relationship between belief and faith accurate within the context of the novel? What in the text indicates that it is or is not? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 3

Diana muses on the difficulties of handwriting, noting that she had worked long to be able to read letters she had trouble writing (32). What does the musing say about the relationship between study and experience? How does it do so?

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