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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. Why do Matron Baenre and her followers rejoice in Chapter Fourteen?
2. By what is Bruenor knocked over?
3. Who joins the four people fighting with Drizzt?
4. Who is with Belwar Dissengulp while he is waiting in Chapter Twelve?
5. With whose attitude about the war is Matron Baenre unhappy?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Drizzt do with the figurine in Chapter Thirteen?
2. How is Berg'inyon feeling about the battle and what does Matron Baenre do about it?
3. What does Drizzt discuss in his letter before Chapter Seventeen about the dwarfs and what does he say about them?
4. Why does Lady Alustriel finally enter the battle, what does she do, and what happens to her when she does?
5. What does Lady Alustriel do at the beginning of the battle and for what are her knights responsible?
6. What does Drizzt discuss in his prologue to Chapter Twenty-Three?
7. Why does Matron Baenre want a cavern, what does Jarlaxle want to do about the battle and what does Methil suggest to him?
8. What does Drizzt decide about Catti-brie and her battles?
9. Why is Catti-brie crying when Drizzt finds her on the plateau and how do she and he resolve her problem?
10. What is Lady Alustriel considering about her home city as she watches her knights battle drow?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
At the conclusion of a novel, most readers either consciously or unconsciously engage in processing the book and usually come to a conclusion as to whether they like the book or not. Discuss one of the following:
1. Would you consider SIEGE OF DARKNESS a "good" book? Why or why not? Use examples to illustrate your stance.
2. What do you think are the elements of an outstanding novel? Analyze one of your favorite novels to see if those elements are present.
3. What are some reasons you might consider a novel a failure? Analyze a novel you think is a failure and see if those elements are in that novel.
Essay Topic 2
Whenever reading a science fiction or fantasy novel, one must become familiar with new terminology that explains concepts or technology that is not a part of the "real" world. In the case of SIEGE OF DARKNESS, much of the setting is familiar to the reader, though there are new ideas and terms to learn. Discuss the following:
1. Find five terms that are a part of the SIEGE OF DARKNESS world that occur in the "real" world but are used differently in the Siege of Darkness's world. Define the words as used in the SIEGE OF DARKNESS world and compare those five words as to how they are currently used in the American English language.
2. There are ways of learning about a new world or time when reading a science fiction or fantasy novel. Discuss the ways you were able to understand the world of the SIEGE OF DARKNESS. Did you have to look up any words? What does it mean to learn a word through its context? Do you have to do that in SIEGE OF DARKNESS? What word(s)?
4. Were there any words you never really understood from SIEGE OF DARKNESS? Which ones?
Essay Topic 3
Oftentimes, a book is more of a character-driven plot rather than action driven, and oftentimes the other way. Some books seem to balance the two. Discuss the following:
1. What do you think it means to say that a plot is character driven? Action driven?
2. How do you think a plot differs if it is character driven versus action driven?
3. Which type of plot do you find more interesting? Why?
4. Do you think it is possible to have a plot where action and character development share equal time? Why or why not.
5. What type of plot do you think Siege of Darkness is? Explain your response.
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