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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 charges does Feyd-Rautha face?

2. How many gladiatorial slaves has Feyd-Rautha killed?

3. What do people fear about Alia?

4. Why do the Fremen deliver spice quotas to free traders?

5. Which of the ancient forces causes difficulty in the male?

Short Essay Questions

1. Summarize the final section of book 2.

2. What is Paul's plan to defeat the Hakonnen forces?

3. Describe Paul's dream in Book 3, section 1.

4. What does Paul's prescience show him in chapter 3, section 3?

5. How does the Baron punish Feyd-Rautha for trying to assassinate him?

6. Describe Stilgar's style of leadership.

7. How can Paul prove he is indeed the Kwisatz Haderach?

8. What mistakes does Jessica admits that she has made in regards to her son?

9. How are the worms useful to the Fremens?

10. Why do the Fremen deliver spice quotas to the free traders?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Do you think religion is good way to gain control over a population? How have western countries used religion to gain control over small nations? What alternatives are there to using religion as a source of power? Why have countries become controlled by a religion, particularly if it is not directly derived from their own culture?

Essay Topic 2

Choose one of the characters from the novel.

1) What is the character's background.

2) What is the character's motivation and goals?

3) What do you think the character adds to the story? How would the story change if the character was taken away?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the novel's plot structure.

1) What is the premise of the novel? Does Herbert stick closely to the premise?

2) What problems do the characters have to solve? How do they solve them?

3) Do you think the book concludes satisfactorily?

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