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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 Ged reluctant to do?

2. What does the shadow trick Ged into doing?

3. Where does the woman say Ged is?

4. Why is Ged nervous about entering the inlet?

5. What does the shadow feel like when Ged grabs him?

Short Essay Questions

1. Has Ged completed a full circle of his life?

2. What is significant about the reintroduction of Vetch?

3. What does Ged learn from his confrontation with Skiorh?

4. What do the sightings of a man looking like Ged say about the Shadow?

5. Is Ged romantically interested in Yarrow?

6. How does Ged's meeting with Serret show a coming of age?

7. How does Ged's reaction to the town's celebration show a change in his character?

8. What does it symbolize that Ged cannot get back to Roke?

9. Why is it significant that Ged and Vetch travel through uncharted seas?

10. In what way does Ged show he is still not mature enough to defeat the Shadow?

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

Pick one of the following themes from the story and discuss how it contributes to the story's meaning.

1) Pride.

2) Coming of Age

3) Friendship

Essay Topic 3

The Wizard of Earthsea is a children's book and as such is very different in style to that of an adult book.

1) How is the language Le Guin's uses different from the language she would use in an adult book. Does she use shorter sentences and shorter paragraphs. What kind of vocabulary does she use?

2) How do the themes reflect the problems of childhood and adulthood? For what age group is a Wizard of Earthsea aimed?

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