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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 did the skillmasters used to be formed into?

2. What does Patience give to Fitz for his trip?

3. Which of the following is the best definition of the term nomadic?

4. What is Fitz's mission?

5. How does Regal want Fitz to kill Rurisk?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is unique and special about Verity and Fitz's relationship?

2. What does Rurisk explain to Fitz about his sister and what has happened to Fitz?

3. What does the Fool caution about in regard to Patience?

4. What does Fitz do after the horses leave and he is waiting for Galen's summons?

5. What rule did Kettricken invoke and what does she tell Fitz?

6. What does Fitz learn through his errands for Lady Patience and who helps him with these errands?

7. What do the mountain people send to King Shrewd and what does he use it for?

8. What has happened to Verity and what does this make Chade worry about?

9. What does Fitz realize Mistress Hasty at Buckkeep has changed about his clothes?

10. What does Fitz see when he goes to the Fool's room and how does it make him feel?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What two important things does Patience give to Fitz? Why does she give them to Fitz? How does Fitz react? Why do you feel that he reacts this way?

Essay Topic 2

In what ways does Fitz's life change and in what ways does it remain the same? After learning about all of the events that affected Fitz throughout his life make a judgment as to whether the changes were for the positive or the negative and support your judgment with information from the text.

Essay Topic 3

In what ways do you think Fitz's life may have been different had he not been illegitimate? What other characters in the novel were illegitimate? How were their lives different? Did illegitimacy hold any characters back? If so, why and if not, why not?

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