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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 does Talia worry about as she thinks of her upcoming internship?
2. What happens after the formal investiture is complete?
3. What news do Keren and Sherrill give Talia?
4. What is Talia's reputation among the other Heralds?
5. Why does Talia choose an apartment at the top of the tower?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why are Talia and Kris being sent to the Northern border?
2. How does Talia's gift cause a little tension between Talia and Kris?
3. Why does Alberich have Talia continue to train with Elspeth?
4. What do Heralds do?
5. How does Kris explain his relationship with Dirk and what he hopes Dirk will find?
6. What news does Talia get that afternoon and who delivers the news?
7. Who are two essential Heralds?
8. Who is escorting Talia to the investiture and why is Talia happy about that?
9. What does Talia find on her door when she rises the next morning?
10. How does Talia feel as they approach the first village and why does she feel that way?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Arrow's Flight belongs to the literary genre of fantasy fiction. Discuss the following:
1. Thoroughly define the term genre and offer examples of it from your own reading experience. Why do you think it is useful to categorize fiction into genres? What could be a disadvantage of doing so?
2. What do you think is the main motivation for a person to read a fantasy novel? Is entertainment a good enough reason? Are there any other reasons to read this genre? What? Explain fully.
3. In "academe," fantasy novels are often thought of as less literary than some other genres and for that reason are sometimes "snubbed" in the study of literature. Why do you think this is so? Do you agree with this "snobbery"?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the following:
1. Discuss five literary devices that occur in Arrow's Flight and how they are used. Are they effective? Do they add or detract from the reading of the book? Why or why not. Some possible techniques: Allusion, connotation, denouement, dialogue, flashback, figurative language, motif, metaphor, narrator, point of view, simile, mood, and puns.
2. What do you think are the reasons students are encouraged to understand literary devices? Do you think an understanding of the structure of a work of fiction enhances the reading experience? Why or why not?
3. Do you think authors make a conscious effort to include literary devices into their writing? Discuss your answer. Do you think it would be difficult to consciously create metaphor, simile, puns, etc...? Why or why not.
Essay Topic 3
In most fiction, readers would like all the loose ends to be neatly "tied up." Discuss the following:
1. Do you think Arrow's Flight is successful as a fantasy novel? Why or why not.
2. What about this book would motivate you to read another of Mercedes Lackey's Herald and Companion series? What would discourage you from doing so?
3. Were all the "loose ends" satisfactorily settled for you? Why or why not.
4. Do you think that a reader expects that not all loose ends are tied up in a book in a series, unless it's the last book?
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