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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. From which of the following does Matthew note receiving the salamander necklace he gives to Diana?
2. The comment “With famous court beauties given a role in the entertainment and wearing fabulously spangled and jeweled costumes, the masque quickly took on the tone of a school play, complete with admiring parents” (450) offers an example of which of the following?
3. Which of the following is Stephen’s familiar’s name?
4. Which of the following forms does Stephen’s familiar take?
5. Which of the following labels does Diana note gets applied to the compendium she received of Habermel?
Short Essay Questions
1. How, per Hubbard, does James of Scotland manage to reverse a jury’s decision?
2. What masque does Diana propose be performed to mark the approaching end of Lent?
3. What does Diana note is an unexpected benefit of being a weaver as she and Matthew prepare for their first meeting with the Holy Roman Emperor?
4. What information does Rabbi Loew provide to Diana and Matthew regarding Ashmole 782?
5. What perils does Matthew note to Diana that their interpersonal situation poses them in Prague?
6. How does Knox kill Skovajsa?
7. What is Lobero?
8. What spring-welcoming does Kelley mention that angers Matthew?
9. What is the compendium Diana receives from Habermel?
10. What errors in her father’s period clothing does Diana note when she first encounters him in Elizabethan England?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Consider the following:
“The child won’t live out the week unless an adult takes responsibility for him. What is that you said? Love, a grown-up to care for them, and a soft place to land?”
“Don’t turn my words against me, Diana. That was about our child, not some homeless waif. “Mathew, who had met more witches in the past few days than most vampires did in a lifetime, was spoiling for a fight.
“I was a homeless waif once.”
My husband drew back as if I’d slapped him. (306)
What attitudes are indicated in the passage? How are they indicated?
Essay Topic 2
Explicate the symbolism of Matthew being known as Gabriel among the Jewish community in Prague.
Essay Topic 3
What is to be made of the persistent associations made between Philippe and Classical myth, ranging from Diana’s comment likening him to “a Greek god” to Philippe’s recounting the story of Peleus and Thetis and his Hellenistic observances? What in the text supports that assertion? How does it do so?
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