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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. When does Talia show some emotion that day?
2. What is the duty of a herald?
3. What does Talia do when she and the horse stop?
4. What does Talia trust the horse to do?
5. What makes Talia feel as though she can do nothing right?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Teren show Talia one day after class?
2. What are Heralds and Companions?
3. What continues unabated and what does Talia do?
4. How does Talia know where to go when she leaves with the Companion and where is the first place they stop?
5. What does Elcarth show Talia and what room most excites her?
6. What does a young girl do when she enters Talia's room and how does the woman who comes in respond to Talia's behavior?
7. Who does Talia meet during the break and what do they do together?
8. What do some of the female students talk to Talia about in the bath area and what does Talia hope as she falls asleep?
9. What happens to Talia that gets her out of her holding?
10. What is Elcarth's position in the palace, what does he notice about Talia's personality and her knowledge?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the following:
1. What do you think are the characteristics of a successful novel?
2. Analyze and discuss Arrows of the Queen based upon the criteria you decide upon in #1 and judge if Arrows of the Queen is a successful novel.
3. Do you think the fact that Arrows of the Queen is a novel in a series changes the criteria upon which its success should be judged? What about the fact that it is a fantasy novel? Explain.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss one of the following:
1. Sherrill approaches Talia before leaving on Herald business to explain to Talia about sex and birth control. It is obvious that the sexual mores of the Heralds is more liberal than those in which Talia is raised. Do you think Talia will change her sexual mores eventually? Why? Do most people discard beliefs in which they are raised if they begin living in a community with different beliefs? What do you think this says about beliefs?
2. Ylsa and Keren are two women who are lovers. Though few people in the community live a homosexual lifestyle, the women are accepted for who they are and are not condemned. Do you believe they should be accepted for who they are? Discuss their life as Heralds, which is similar to being soldiers, in light of the current debate about gays serving openly in the military.
3. As Talia grows and matures, her beliefs about many things change. Discuss Talia's changing in light of your own life as you left home and meet other people who thought differently from your own community.
Essay Topic 3
Arrows of the Queen 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"?
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