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Quiz about Bast and her Creator Rosemary Edghill

Bast and her Creator, Rosemary Edghill Quiz

This is a quiz about author Rosemary Edghill and Bast, the modern witch protagonist of some of her books. I really enjoy the Bast series. The books are a bit different, and the characters well drawn. See what you know about Bast and her author.

A multiple-choice quiz by Sallyo. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
Sallyo

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
172,414

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
135

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Question 1 of 10

1. Bast is the modern witch protagonist of a series by Rosemary Edghill. Which of the four titles given below is not one of the Bast novels? Hint

Speak Daggers to Her

The Book of Moons

The Bowl of Night

Met by Moonlight

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Question 2 of 10

2. Bast is the craft name of Rosemary Edghill's character. What is her mundane name? Hint

Barbara Bes Shahar

Karen Hightower

Eluki Knight

Maya James

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Question 3 of 10

3. What is Rosemary Edghill's real name? Hint

Eluki Bes Shahar

Rosemary Edge

Rosemary Edgehill

Reuben Cohen

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Question 4 of 10

4. Why did Rosemary Edghill choose this name under which to write? Hint

It's her real name.

She's a man and needed a female pseudonym.

It's a version of her real name.

Her editor told her Regencies were written by "dead Englishwomen".

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Question 5 of 10

5. What is the name of Bast's coven in the first book about her? Hint

Changelings

Chancing

Changing

Charms

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which of the following characters is not a fellow coven-member of Bast's? Hint

Glitter

Sundance

Sunshrike

The Cat

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Question 7 of 10

7. Who is Julian? Hint

The leader of the Niceness Coven.

An ironsmith who produces athames.

The manager of the Snake, a hierarchical magician.

A Gardnerian trad witch.

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Question 8 of 10

8. Who does Bast say is, or was, "a lovely, half-mad Brit"? Hint

Gerald Gardner

Julian

Jorje

Carrie of Chanter's Revel

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Question 9 of 10

9. Where does Rosemary Edghill's Bast live? Hint

Los Angeles

New York

Glasgow

Alabama

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Question 10 of 10

10. What colour does Bast's friend Glitter favour the most? Hint

silver

purple

gold

it's never mentioned

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Bast is the modern witch protagonist of a series by Rosemary Edghill. Which of the four titles given below is not one of the Bast novels?

Answer: Met by Moonlight

"Met by Moonlight" is a stand-alone title by Rosemary Edghill; a time-travel story with a different modern witch protagonist.

2. Bast is the craft name of Rosemary Edghill's character. What is her mundane name?

Answer: Karen Hightower

The name on Bast's paychecks is Karen Hightower, which explains her business name "High Tor Graphics".

3. What is Rosemary Edghill's real name?

Answer: Eluki Bes Shahar

Eluki Bes Shahar is this author's real name. She uses it on some books, but the Edghill name seems better known.

4. Why did Rosemary Edghill choose this name under which to write?

Answer: Her editor told her Regencies were written by "dead Englishwomen".

According to Ms Edghill's website, her editor told her Regencies (her first genre) were "all written by dead Englishwomen", so she chose the first name of a dead Englishwoman (Rhett Butler's sister's name) and borrowed the surname from the Battle of Edghill.

5. What is the name of Bast's coven in the first book about her?

Answer: Changing

The coven Bast attends in "Speak Daggers to Her" is "Changing". The coven leader is Lady Bellflower. It is an "actual thirteen-member" coven.

6. Which of the following characters is not a fellow coven-member of Bast's?

Answer: Sunshrike

Sunshrike is the craft name of Miriam Seabrook, the murder victim in "Speak Daggers to Her". She was never a member of "Changes", but had hooked up with a nasty pseudo-Russian trad lot. Sundance, The Cat and Glitter are all members of "Changes".

7. Who is Julian?

Answer: The manager of the Snake, a hierarchical magician.

Julian manages the Snake, a magical supplies shop Bast sometimes visits and occasionally works at. The actual owner is Tris. Julian is a hierarchical magician, and Bast is rather in lust with him. In the third book, "The Bowl of Night", Julian does something that changes their relationship for ever.

8. Who does Bast say is, or was, "a lovely, half-mad Brit"?

Answer: Gerald Gardner

Gerald Brousseau Gardner was the founder of Gardnerian Wicca, a tradition he either revived, made up or otherwise popularised. He was born in England in 1884, and died in 1964. The other characters are all people Rosemary Edghill invented for her books.

9. Where does Rosemary Edghill's Bast live?

Answer: New York

Bast lives in New York, in a "coffin sized, coffin shaped apartment".

10. What colour does Bast's friend Glitter favour the most?

Answer: purple

Glitter wears purple, covers her Book of Shadows in purple and has a purple rhinestone pommel on her athame.

Source: Author Sallyo

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