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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Mark return back to Belbury instead of leaving to get Jane?
(a) He is summoned by the Head.
(b) Mr. Wither meets him in a clearing in the wood and Mark is afraid to tell Wither he is leaving.
(c) He hears that she is back at Belbury.
(d) The Fairy offers to fetch her for him.

2. What change occurs in Mr. Dimble as the search party for Merlin draws nearer to the fire?
(a) He becomes angry with Ransom for sending him here.
(b) All of his sins are brought to his mind.
(c) He fears that there may not be an afterlife.
(d) He loses all his fear.

3. What happens to Mark when he leaves Mr. Dimble to think about leaving the N.I.C.E. for an hour?
(a) He falls asleep.
(b) He is attacked.
(c) He is arrested.
(d) He sees Jane with another man.

4. What does Merlin think Ransom and his followers should do to Jane?
(a) Let her rest.
(b) Protect her.
(c) Embrace her.
(d) Kill her.

5. What effect does the coming of Mercury have on the people at St. Anne's?
(a) Causes everyone in the house to feel regal and proud.
(b) The temperature rises, and a sweet breeze wafts through the room.
(c) Knowledge and thoughts flow freely.
(d) Everyone finds himself with great courage.

6. What old power are the evil eldils seeking?
(a) Merlin.
(b) The good eldils.
(c) Magic.
(d) Ransom.

7. Where does Mark go after he finds his apartment has been empty for a few days?
(a) St. Anne's house.
(b) Bracton College.
(c) A N.I.C.E. bar.
(d) The Dimble's house.

8. Where does Mrs. Denniston tell Jane that Mr. Ransom will go instead of dying again?
(a) Middle Earth.
(b) Merlin's Well.
(c) Mars.
(d) Deep Heaven.

9. What is Jane's opinion of Mr. Ransom after hearing Mr. Macphee's emotionless version of Mr. Ransom's history?
(a) She is skeptical of the interplanetary traveling.
(b) She is frightened of his power.
(c) She believes the story is true.
(d) She does not fully understand everthing that was said.

10. What did the macrobes tell Frost that the fate of human beings is?
(a) To exist without bodies.
(b) To become extinct.
(c) To overthrow the anarchy at Bracton College.
(d) To form a race of perfect beings.

11. What is Mark's opinion of The Fairy after she tells him his wife is in danger?
(a) He knows that she is lying to him.
(b) He thinks she is as beautiful as ever.
(c) He trusts her implicitly.
(d) He feels she is a bully.

12. Why is Mark desirable to the N.I.C.E. even without Jane?
(a) He is very obedient.
(b) He has good genes.
(c) He has never been sick in his life.
(d) He has a good brain.

13. What does Frost tell Mark to do to the crucifix on the floor of his training room?
(a) Examine it for flaws.
(b) Rid himself of any emotions tied to that image.
(c) Stomp on it.
(d) Kneel before it and pray.

14. What did Frost say Mark's murder charge was?
(a) Something Frost would like to thank him for.
(b) A reason for deep misgivings.
(c) Part of his initiation into the inner circle.
(d) A misunderstanding.

15. What is Mark writing to Jane about when the Fairy makes him drop his pen?
(a) Staying at St. Anne's.
(b) His experience with the Head.
(c) His new job.
(d) Coming to Belbury with him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of these was NOT a way that Mr. Frost thought about using to get Mark to bring Jane to them?

2. Where is Jane when Mark is looking for her at their apartment after he finally returns from Belbury?

3. Where is King Arthur's ring according to Merlin's riddle to Ransom?

4. Why did Merlin not believe Ransom was the leader of St. Anne's at first?

5. What happens to Jules in the middle of his banquet speech?

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