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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. On what street do Matthew and Diana lodge upon arriving in Prague?

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

3. Which of the following treatments is sent to Diana after she feigns illness to meet the Maharal?

4. As which of the following does Diana gloss “Omni fine initium novum” (572)?

5. Which of the following is the name of the weaver Diana meets in Prague?

Short Essay Questions

1. How, per Hubbard, does James of Scotland manage to reverse a jury’s decision?

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

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

4. What information does Rabbi Loew provide to Diana and Matthew regarding Ashmole 782?

5. What is the compendium Diana receives from Habermel?

6. How do Matthew and Elizabeth plan to address the matter of Ashmole 782 with Rudolf’s ambassador?

7. What route does Matthew propose to get himself and Diana to Sept-Tours once they return to their present, and why?

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

9. How does Knox kill Skovajsa?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

Throughout the novel, Diana notes a series of colored threads. What symbolism attaches to the color selections of those threads throughout? What patterns of symbolism emerge in them? What meaning attaches to those patterns? How so?

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