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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 types of birds does Rudolf fly on the hunt in the Stag Moat at Prague?

2. In which of the following locations does Knox meet with Skovajsa?

3. Which of the following does Diana find in Matthew’s chambers while he dines with Elizabeth?

4. To which of the following does Hubbard assign Annie after Marlowe’s death?

5. At which of the following locations do Diana and Matthew arrive back in their own time?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the compendium Diana receives from Habermel?

2. What does Marlowe propose to do to Diana in the tiltyard at Greenwich?

3. What does Matthew describe to Diana regarding taking blood in intimate relationships?

4. What does Diana note about the *inside* of the Bosch triptych Matthew receives in Prague?

5. How does Knox kill Skovajsa?

6. What does Gallowglass note smelling in Ashmole 782?

7. What perils does Matthew note to Diana that their interpersonal situation poses them in Prague?

8. What spring-welcoming does Kelley mention that angers Matthew?

9. What titles does Matthew note Rudolf holds?

10. Why does Matthew note to Diana that he wishes to wear red hose?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Matthew states that his father “told me that mating was destiny. Once I found you [Diana], there would be nothing to do but accept fate’s decision. But that’s not how it works at all. In every moment, for the rest of my life, I will be choosing you—over my father, over my own self-interest, even over the de Clermont family” (83). Does he follow through on that statement in the novel? How or how not?

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

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?

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