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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lord Byron repeatedly ask Doyle for?

2. Who does Darrow see in his nightmares?

3. What does Lord Byron want to take to the gypsy camp?

4. What part of Romany do the yags see?

5. What is the name of Doyle's friend who convinces him to take his place for Mohammed Ali's banquet?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Romany want from the yags and what is he using to get what he wants from them?

2. Who comes for Doyle when he is with the Lord Byron ka in their hotel room?

3. What does Romany plan to do in 1684?

4. Romanelli contacts the Master after he fails to contact Romany. What does the Master tell him to do?

5. Doyle wakes up in a strange place after being chloroformed by Romanelli. What is going on around him?

6. What is the opium-drugged Coleridge's role in the climax in the underground tunnels of Rat Castle?

7. What is in Fikee's black box?

8. When Doyle is with the Antaeus Brotherhood in their headquarters in 1684, what does he do to signal his 1810 self?

9. Describe Big Biter.

10. Why is Doyle so calm while Romany and Romanelli have him captured?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Doyle and others travel through windows in time. Doyle worries that if he meddles too much with the past, it will result in a very different future. Is the past bound in destiny in the book, or can it be altered? Explain your answer with specific examples.

Essay Topic 2

Some of the antagonists in this book of capable of doing horrible things to other characters. What actions define them as antagonists? Is their behavior a result of their past? Are they to blame for their actions or are others pulling the strings? Please cite your examples.

Essay Topic 3

Find a character that is an example of an antihero. Describe what makes them an antihero. Outline three specific events or actions, explaining how these events support your position.

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