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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 the note from Jane say that Mark gets when he wakes up in the banquet hall?
(a) That she wants a divorce.
(b) That he should go to St. Anne's.
(c) That she knows someone who can help him repent.
(d) That she misses him and wants him to come home.

2. What did Jane dream about the night that Mark saw the Head?
(a) She saw Mark meeting the Head.
(b) She saw Mr. Wither and The Fairy convincing Mark to kill Jane.
(c) She saw the Fairy trying to kill Mark.
(d) She saw Mr. Ransom taking Mark away from Belbury.

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

4. Why is Wither always so distracted?
(a) He is a double agent with Belbury and St. Anne's.
(b) His intelligence is far beyond most people's and he is easily bored.
(c) He hears the voices of the Eldils constantly.
(d) He has trained his body to complete tasks of the day without mental attention.

5. 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 believes the story is true.
(c) She is frightened of his power.
(d) She does not fully understand everthing that was said.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Mark do when he sees Wither standing at the clearing in the wood the second time?

4. What do Jane and Mr. Dimble find at the campsite when they reach the source of the fire?

5. What effect does the coming of Saturn have on the people at St. Anne's?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is so significant about Mr. Frost and Mr. Wither fighting about Jane?

2. Why is Mark so hesitant about stomping on the crucifix in his training room?

3. What happens to the people at St. Anne's when the Oyeresu start descending there?

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

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

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

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

8. What is so frustrating to Mark when he gets to his apartment after leaving Belbury?

9. 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?

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

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