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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 can give Heralds a headache?
2. What does Talia realize about part of her gift?
3. What do Talia and Skif decide about their relationship?
4. How does Talia fight back?
5. Who does Talia think is being drugged?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who does Talia confide in and what does he tell her?
2. How does the Queen retrieve the arrows that killed Ylsa?
3. Why is Skif dressed in black one night and why does Talia do the same?
4. What does Talia learns about Hulda?
5. What does Talia do at the memorial service for Beltren?
6. What subject does Sherrill broach with Talia before Sherrill leaves on her first assignment?
7. What happens after the students return from Midwinter Festival?
8. What makes a significant change in Elspeth's attitude towards companions?
9. What does Talia learn about Herald's Gifts?
10. What other gifts does it appear Talia possesses?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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"?
Essay Topic 2
Whenever reading a fantasy novel, one must become familiar with new terminology that explains a different world. In the case of Arrows of the Queen, much of the setting would be familiar to the reader, though there are new ideas and terms to learn. Discuss the following:
1. Find five terms that are a part of Talia's world that occur in the "real" world but are used differently in Talia's world. Define the words as used in in Talia's world and compare those five words as to how they are currently used in the American English language.
2. There are ways of learning about a new world or time when reading a fantasy novel. Discuss the ways you were able to understand the world of Arrows of the Queen. Did you have to look up any words? What does it mean to learn a word through its context? Do you have to do that inArrows of the Queen? What word(s)?
3. Were there any words you never really understood in Arrows of the Queen? Which ones?
Essay Topic 3
Arrows of the Queen could be said to be a "bildungsroman" of Talia, the main character. Discuss the following:
1. Define the concepts "bildungsroman" and "coming of age."
2. Thoroughly trace and analyze Arrows of the Queen as a bildungsroman of Talia. Give specific examples. What does Talia learn? How has she changed? Is the change for the better?
3. Thoroughly trace and analyze Arrows of the Queen as a coming of age story for Elspeth. Give specific examples. What does Elspeth learn? How has she changed? Is the change for the better?
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