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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 is the name of the new religious leader on Arrakis?

2. What color hair does the emperor have?

3. What troop name does Stilger give to Paul?

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

5. Who does Paul say the water shows him he is?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the Baron learn from Hawat in part 3 section 1?

2. Describe Feyd Rautha's appearance at the gladiatorial fight?

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

4. How are the worms useful to the Fremens?

5. What has Paul achieved in the two leaders who has been with the Fremen tribe?

6. Summarize the third section of book 2.

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

8. Summarize book 3, section 2.

9. What happens to Jessica's unborn daughter when Jessica is ordained as Reverend Mother?

10. How do Paul and Stilger convince the Fremen tribe that Stilger and Paul should not fight for the tribe's leadership?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Frank Herbert is a American writer responsible for one of the greatest science fiction series of the 20th century. Examine Herbert's life. What kind of upbringing did he have? What kind of education? What were the major themes of his work? Why do you think Herbert's novels were so relevant in the mid-twentieth century and continue to be relevant today?

Essay Topic 2

Herbet wrote Dune in the 1960's. Think about the world and in particular America during this period and discuss whether the book reflects what was happening.

1) What are the book's themes? Do they relate to America's political or social environment at that time? If so how?

2) Is Herbert's vision a direct result of what was happening in the world at that time? Have any of Herbert's ideas come true?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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