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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. At which of the following do Diana and Matthew make landfall on the Continent en route to Sept-Tours?

2. Of which of the following is Marjorie Cooper’s ritual broom made?

3. Which of the following is the name of one of Matthew’s mastiffs at Woodstock?

4. What does Matthew report Philippe saying when he first sent him away from Sept-Tours?

5. As which of the following does Diana gloss the phrase “Semper eadem” (365)?

Short Essay Questions

1. What explanation does Matthew give Diana for the abundance of witches, vampires, and daemons in Barbican Cross?

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

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

4. What in Baynard’s Castle indicates its aristocratic use when Diana first enters it?

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

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

7. What does Diana identify as among Matthew’s “tells” to Alain and Pierre?

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

9. In what ways does Diana liken Marlowe to a troublesome child (31)?

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

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

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?

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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