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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 does not fully understand everthing that was said.
(d) She believes the story is true.

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

3. What does Jane think of the ancient biblical language that Ransom uses?
(a) She is surprised that she can understand it.
(b) She finds it cold and grating.
(c) She thinks it is beautiful.
(d) She thinks she has heard it somewhere before.

4. Why does Mark decide to pretend to progress in his new lessons at the N.I.C.E. after he decides to find a way to leave the N.I.C.E.?
(a) He wants to try and become the leader so that he can make changes from the top.
(b) He is starting to see the logic behind Mr. Frost's motives.
(c) He has been brainwashed.
(d) He knows he will be killed if he does not.

5. Why did Merlin not believe Ransom was the leader of St. Anne's at first?
(a) Ransom was casually dressed.
(b) Ransom did not look the same as the last time they had met.
(c) Ransom was injured.
(d) Ransom did not look powerful or large enough.

Short Answer Questions

1. What old power are the evil eldils seeking?

2. What does Frost tell Mark to do to the crucifix on the floor of his training room?

3. According to Merlin, why has Jane not had a child yet?

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

5. How is the Fairy able to give such a detailed report to Frost and Wither about what Mark has been doing in Edgestow?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Mark when he sees the remains of the prisoner Alcasar?

2. Why does Ransom say that God chose to use Merlin to help them at this time?

3. What does the old man feel about the man who stole his clothes?

4. Why are Mr. Frost and Mr. Wither trying to talk to the old man in Latin?

5. What does Merlin do when Ransom successfully passes all the tests Merlin gives to see if Ransom truly is the leader of St. Anne's?

6. What is left of the N.I.C.E. at the end of the banquet?

7. What do Jane and Mr. Dimble find at the campsite in Bragdon Wood?

8. Why does Merlin feel so much animosity towards Jane?

9. What does the 'Curse of Babel' do to the people at the banquet table?

10. What is the old man's major goal while being held captive at Belbury?

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