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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 does Perenelle go into the depths below Acatraz?

2. Who is responsible for poisoned flies?

3. Due to what do the twins think they have changed?

4. To what can an Elder return a human?

5. What had Josh seen three days earlier for the first time ever?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is happening to the speaker in the program and why?

2. Describe how King Gilgamesh ends up in the car with Nicholas and the others.

3. How do Nicholas and the twins help Perenelle and why does she need assistance?

4. Describe the clash between Nicholas and his allies and Dee and his allies.

5. What is the difference between Josh and Sophie's lives concerning their new-found powers?

6. What does Machiavelli think about on the flight to San Francisco?

7. What does Perenelle learn about the triune goddess and how does Perenelle help part of this goddess group?

8. What does Billy the Kid realize about Perenelle and what connection does Machiavelli make?

9. What does Palamedes say to Nicholas before leaving to buy supplies in the village?

10. What happens when Nicholas reveals himself to Gilgamesh and who intervenes?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the following:

1. What is a plot? What are the most important elements of a plot and their definition? Do all novels have a plot? Why or why not?

2. Write a brief synopsis of the plot of The Sorceress, identifying where the various elements of the plot occur (Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution or denouement). Do you find it difficult to identify the plot? Why or why not? What about the various elements of the plot?

3. Identify the major sub-plots and their elements in The Sorceress. (The subplots may not contain every element of a major plot). Do the sub-plots add to the main plot? Why or why not? Are the sub-plots interesting in and of themselves? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Often, authors will write about "what they know," and sometimes knowing a little about the author makes the books more interesting. Discuss the following:

1. Research and give a brief biographical sketch of Michael Scott.

2. What in Scott's background may have helped him in writing The Sorceress? What may have influenced the way he depicts various characters and scenes?

3. Do you think there is always some of the author's own life in his/her novels? Why or why not? Give examples.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss one of the following:

1. Trace and analyze the theme of growth in The Sorceress. Consider the following questions as you write: What characters are most concerned with growth? Why? What are some symbols of growth? Symbols of rigidity? What characters seem rigid?

2. Trace and analyze the theme of courage in The Sorceress. Which characters struggle with this issue? Why? Which characters seem to possess courage? Why?

3. Trace and analyze the theme of power in The Sorceress. Consider the following questions as you write: What characters are most concerned with power? Why? What are some symbols of power? Symbols of control? What characters seem powerful?

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