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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 does Merlin show fear of during his private conversation with Ransom?
(a) Memories.
(b) Failure.
(c) Pain.
(d) Death.

2. How does the man in ragged clothes get to St. Anne's?
(a) He rides in a car.
(b) He rides a horse.
(c) He crawls along the ground.
(d) He rides a donkey.

3. What does Mark do after he defeats the urgings of the bad eldil while in the room Frost left him alone in?
(a) He repeats the words "I do not belong here" over and over.
(b) He speaks with the eldil.
(c) He tries desperately to escape.
(d) He goes to sleep.

4. 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) Shakes his hand warmly.
(c) Gets down on one knee and bows to him.
(d) Prostates himself on the floor until commanded to stand.

5. According to Ransom, why has God chosen to use Merlin in this fight?
(a) He has the power to create a plan that will lead to victory.
(b) He is an unbiased party.
(c) This is a way for Merlin to repent of his sins.
(d) He is from a time when dabbling in black magic was not yet evil.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the first person to be killed during the chaos of the banquet?

2. Why is Wither always so distracted?

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

4. What do Mr. Frost and Mr. Wither fight about before Mark returns to Belbury in the hands of the police?

5. What does the giantess in Jane's dream spread with her torch?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Mr. Wither always seem so distracted?

3. According to the macrobes, what is the true fate of human kind?

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

5. What is Mark trying to do when his pen is knocked out of his hand by the Fairy?

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

7. What is found at the scene of Hingest's murder that makes Mark a suspect in the murder?

8. How is the Head able to speak?

9. What kind of tests does Merlin give to Mr. Ransom to make sure he is the real leader at St. Anne's?

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

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