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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. With whom does Vetch live?
2. What does Ged acquire in Westhand
3. What is Ged reluctant to do?
4. Why does Ged want to stay in Atowell?
5. What does Ged do the next day after the villagers suggest he leaves?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why is it significant Ged goes back to see his original teacher?
2. Why does Pechvarry act so negatively towards Ged?
3. Why do you think the Shadow runs away after Ged tries to grab it?
4. Is it significant that Ged turns into a hawk?
5. Why does Ged seek security at Roke and not in his hometown in Gont?
6. Is Ged romantically interested in Yarrow?
7. How does Ged's reaction to the town's celebration show a change in his character?
8. What does Ged learn from his confrontation with Skiorh?
9. Why is it important that the reader does not know the victor of the fight until Vetch asks him?
10. Has Ged completed a full circle of his life?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What do you think would have happened to Ged if the shadow had defeated him? Does Le Guin hint at what this alternative life would be like?
Essay Topic 2
In the Wizard of Earthsea, a person's and even an animal's name is kept secret and if said by someone else can cause that person or animal to lose power. Why do you think names are so important in the book? Why do the wizards change their names?
Essay Topic 3
A Wizard of Earthsea details Ged's coming of age.
1) What problems does Ged have to overcome? How does he overcome them? At what point does Ged become free of his problems and how does he react to this freedom?
2) What do you think would have happened to Ged if he went to Roke instead of facing the Shadow? Do you think this would have signified his defeat.
3) Discuss why it is so important for Ged to achieve something special? What do you think has triggered his ambition.
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