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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 is Verity when they find him?

2. What do the Red Ship raiders hate?

3. What does Verity tell Kettle when she asks him to help her reach the Skill?

4. What have people used for years as protection against others with Skill?

5. What does the narrator first make a reader believe about Fitz and Regal in Chapter 40?

Short Essay Questions

1. To where does the Skill road take the group in Chapter 33 and what do they find there?

2. What does the narrator explain about the Wit in Chapter 32?

3. What is different about Regal and what does he do when he arrives where Verity and Kettricken are?

4. What happened when Fitz was overcome by Regal in the Skill?

5. What does the narrator say about the progress of the Red Ships in Chapter 37 and what does Regal do about them?

6. What happens with Queen Kettricken after Verity saves the kingdom, with the Fool and with Chade?

7. What shape is Verity in and what is he doing? What is the group's response to him?

8. What does Verity and Kettle finish and how does Verity feel about it? How does the entire group feel?

9. What did Kettricken tell Fitz about Starling in Chapter 29?

10. What does Fitz do through Will in Chapter 40?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Queen Kettricken pulls Fitz aside and tells him Starling is jealous of the time Fitz is spending with the Fool, as Starling continues to believe Fool is actually a woman.

1. Do you think Starling has a right to be jealous of the Fool? Why or why not? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

2. Discuss the behaviors of the Fool that leads Starling to believe he is a woman. Which ones are stereotypes of gender behavior? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

3. Explain the problems with jealous in such a small group that is already facing many dangers and frustrations. Use examples from the book to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Surrounded by an old woman, a man who has been a jester and who now makes toys, and two women, Nighteyes and Fitz seem to be going into this fight as the only warriors. Only hope and belief in the power of good over evil carries the reader into the next and most critical chapters of the novel.

1. Based on what you have seen of Queen Kettricken in Assassin's Quest, would you think she would not be called a warrior? Why or why not? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

2. Although the Fool was the King's jester, it was obvious that in secret he is something else and the king loved and respected him. Why do you think the Fool keeps his abilities hidden? Discuss what kind of character a person would have that he would be willing to be known as a Fool for the sake of the greater good, yet obviously is a very intelligent and capable person.

3. Do you believe in real life hope and the belief in the power of good have any real effect on a person's life? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Assassin's Quest falls in the genre called fantasy. Discuss the following:

1. What is the definition of genre? Fantasy genre? How do you know Assassin's Quest falls in the genre of fantasy? Give examples.

2. Other than entertainment, why do you think people might read fantasy?

3. Fantasy is sometimes considered second-rate fiction--i.e., that it is not good enough to be studied in academe. Why do you think this is true? Do you think it is a valid argument?

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