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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 color are the Reverend Mothers' eyes?

2. On which plant did Odrade live as a child?

3. What had been carried in the no-ship's Great Hold?

4. Whom do the Bene Gesserit think may be a Kwisatz Haderach?

5. What are the surveillance mechanisms on Chapterhouse called?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens during Sharing, and what is the method?

2. Describe Murbella's fighting abilities.

3. Why does Odrade choose Duncan Idaho to train Teg?

4. Why does Bellonda take a strong position against Duncan Idaho?

5. What are axlotl tanks? Why are they surprising to the Bene Gesserit?

6. Explain the meaning of Scytale's belief that "Tleilaxu sperm does not talk."

7. Explain the meaning of Odrade's saying, "Real boats rock."

8. Explain Truthsense as Shoel described it.

9. What effect does melange have on Odrade?

10. Describe the Great Honored Matre's quarters from the perspective of Logno.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the concept of Teg as the ideal character in the Dune universe.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the theme of creativity and its effect on the mental well-being of the characters.

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast Other Memory with the extended memory of a ghola.

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