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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 houses do the Kelleys maintain in Prague?

2. At which of the following times does Diana note having met Matthew?

3. The novel glosses the term “oubliette” as which of the following?

4. In what year does Diana encounter her father in Elizabethan England?

5. Which of the following does Diana note appears on the second page of the intact Ashmole 782?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Knox kill Skovajsa?

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

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

4. How does Diana describe the illustration on the intact first page of Ashmole 782?

5. What titles does Matthew note Rudolf holds?

6. What does Gallowglass note smelling in Ashmole 782?

7. What is Lobero?

8. What does Diana note in Bedlam is Matthew’s greatest fear?

9. What errors in her father’s period clothing does Diana note when she first encounters him in Elizabethan England?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Marlowe remarks that “Matthew cannot keep playing Odysseus to [Diana’s] Circe” (23). Explicate the analogy; that is, explain why Matthew takes the place of Odysseus relative to Diana, the witch, being likened to Circe.

Essay Topic 3

Many sources attest to the presence of Shadow of Night on the New York Times best-seller list. Assuming that sales figures reflect popularity, what accounts for the popularity of the novel? How does it do so?

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