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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. How do the citizens of the Six Duchies view minstrels?

2. Why do the people from the Red Ships make Forged Ones?

3. Whose horse does Fitz steal to get away from Tradeford?

4. What are the two side effects of the Skill?

5. What does Fitz pretend to be to get into Regal's bedchamber before the ball?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Fitz see in a cage and why are they there?

2. What happens to Fitz and Nighteyes as the caravan begins to cross the river?

3. What does Lord Bright realize when the Red Ships have taken Bearns and what does he do?

4. To what does Fitz listen as he is sleeping and what does he learn?

5. How is Fitz feeling as he walks to Tradeford and what does he find out there about Regal's residence?

6. What did the narrator say about the Mountain Kingdom in Chapter 23?

7. How did Fitz get wounded in the mountains, what kind of wound was it and who does he find to help him and where?

8. What are Forged Ones, their character and what attracts them?

9. What does the narrator explain about the Skill in Chapter 3?

10. What do the others do to help Fitz as they travel?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Chapter 34, the title refers to an unfinished sculpture at the mouth of the quarry, where a woman was ready to pour her heart into the stone dragon to make it come alive but cannot bear to give up her own shape as well. She was not willing to sacrifice her beautiful body for the greater good.

1. Discuss the emotional trauma the girl on the dragon must have felt as she went only half-way with her project. How might her situation be similar to one where someone is too afraid of dying to pull a victim from a burning car?

2. When considering that one loses not only their own body but their entire life as they know it to enliven a stone dragon, do you think the girl was weak-willed not to finish her job? Why or why not?

3. Considering that the girl on the dragon still lost all that was her life, even though she went only half-way and was not used for the greater good, can you see that she gained anything by her half-way effort? Do you think this illustrates any truth about general endeavors in life?

Essay Topic 2

In Assassin's Quest it appears that most of the true heroics is done by men. This type of stereotyping is changing and women are being given more and more active, heroic and physical roles in fantasy novels.

1. Discuss in detail, with examples, the various heroic qualities that are seen in Queen Kettricken.

2. Discuss in detail, with examples, the various heroic qualities that are seen in Kettle.

3. Discuss in detail, with examples, the various heroic qualities that are seen in Starling.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss one of the following:

1. Trace and analyze the theme of power throughout Assassin's Quest.

2. Trace and analyze the theme of magic throughout Assassin's Quest.

3. Trace and analyze the theme of evil throughout Assassin's Quest.

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