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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. In which of the following years does Matthew note receiving the salamander necklace he gives to Diana?

2. The comment that “Kelley cannot be plucked from the emperor’s court like a stray weed” (483) offers an example of which of the following?

3. Which of the following dances do Diana and Matthew dance at the Royal Exchange?

4. On which level of their house in Prague do Diana and Matthew sleep?

5. Which of the following cars do Diana and Matthew find in Amsterdam?

Short Essay Questions

1. What masque does Diana propose be performed to mark the approaching end of Lent?

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

3. What is Lobero?

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

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

6. 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?

7. What is the compendium Diana receives from Habermel?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What narrative purpose does Philippe’s relation of the tale of Peleus and Thetis at Matthew and Diana’s nuptials (172-73) serve? What in the text indicates that it serves that function? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 2

Consider the argument between Diana and Matthew at the beginning of the sixteenth chapter. Which of their positions does the text support as being correct? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 3

What attitude toward history—not as an academic subject, but as a record of what has been done and by whom—can be inferred from the novel? What in the text supports the inference? How does it do so?

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