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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. What is the old man's chief concern while being held at Belbury?
(a) Healing.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Meditating.
(d) Eating.

3. Why is Jane left out of the very important house meeting at St. Anne's after she meets the leader?
(a) They want her to go to Belbury to fetch Mark during the meeting.
(b) They are suspicious of her true ties to Belbury.
(c) They do not want her to dream about the meeting.
(d) They need her to keep guard at the door while they confer.

4. What is significant about the fire that Mr. Deniston and Ransom see in the distance while driving to find Merlin?
(a) Jane has dreamed about it.
(b) The smoke is blue.
(c) The college is being burned down.
(d) They believe it is a sign of things to come.

5. Whose protection is Jane putting herself under as they search for Merlin?
(a) St. Anne's.
(b) Mr. MacPhee's.
(c) Ransom's.
(d) Maleldil's.

6. What do Straik and Wither do to Filostrato when Filostrato is taken to meet the Head?
(a) Explain to him the real mission of the N.I.C.E.
(b) Make him spend some time in the objectivity room.
(c) Strip him of his clothes.
(d) Cut off his head.

7. Why is it so hard for Jane, Ransom and Mr. Deniston to find the fence that Jane dreamed about?
(a) It is raining.
(b) There is a deep fog over everything.
(c) It is covered in smoke.
(d) There are many different fences in Edgestow.

8. Who is the real leader of St. Anne's?
(a) Jane.
(b) Mr. Ransom.
(c) The eldils.
(d) Mr. Dimble.

9. Who is the bearded man on the stone table that Jane sees in her dreams?
(a) Merlin.
(b) Mr. Wither.
(c) Maleldil.
(d) Ransom.

10. What effect does the coming of Jove have on the people at St. Anne's?
(a) Knowledge and thoughts flow freely.
(b) The temperature rises, and a sweet breeze wafts through the room.
(c) Everyone in the house becomes very cold.
(d) Causes everyone in the house to feel regal and proud.

11. How is the Fairy able to give such a detailed report to Frost and Wither about what Mark has been doing in Edgestow?
(a) She followed him.
(b) She has telepathic powers.
(c) She has many agents in the area reporting to her.
(d) She made it all up to impress them.

12. What effect does the coming of Mars have on the people at St. Anne's?
(a) Causes everyone in the house to feel regal and proud.
(b) Everyone finds himself with great courage.
(c) Knowledge and thoughts flow freely.
(d) Everyone in the house becomes very cold.

13. Where has Mr. Maggs been since the beginning of the book?
(a) Lost in Bragdon Wood.
(b) At Belbury.
(c) At Bracston College.
(d) In prison.

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

15. How does Merlin greet Ransom when he realizes Ransom is the real leader at St. Anne's?
(a) Embraces him and kisses both cheeks.
(b) Gets down on one knee and bows to him.
(c) Shakes his hand warmly.
(d) Prostates himself on the floor until commanded to stand.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was MacPhee doing while Ransom was answering Merlin's riddles?

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

3. How are Wither and Frost attempting to communicate with the man they think is Merlin?

4. The author makes a reference to a place written about in the stories by J.R.R. Tolkein. What is the name of this place?

5. What do Jane and Mr. Dimble find as they head away from the vagrant camp?

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