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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. Who tells Fitz that Starling is jealous?
2. What does Regal do with everything he has stolen?
3. Who is the scribe who is writing this story?
4. What does the narrator first make a reader believe about Fitz and Regal in Chapter 40?
5. About what does Fitz not wonder later?
Short Essay Questions
1. What type of animal did the group see when they crossed some stream in their journey?
2. What shape is Verity in and what is he doing? What is the group's response to him?
3. What can Fitz see as far as Verity and the Queen is concerned?
4. What does the narrator say about the progress of the Red Ships in Chapter 37 and what does Regal do about them?
5. What is different about Regal and what does he do when he arrives where Verity and Kettricken are?
6. What happens with Queen Kettricken after Verity saves the kingdom, with the Fool and with Chade?
7. What does Fitz do while Kettle and Verity sleep and what does Verity decide?
8. To where does the Skill road take the group in Chapter 33 and what do they find there?
9. In Chapter 29, what did the narrator say about something Kettle taught Fitz to give him protection from Skill?
10. What does Fitz hear as he and Nighteyes are gathering supplies from the dead army?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Verity is found. But rather than being the answer to all their problems, he raises new questions. The group of weary travelers are at the end of their quest, but at the beginning of entirely new challenges.
1. Often people look forward to a certain event as something they believe will solve all their problems. Discuss how you believe the group's mental and emotional states are affected by finding out that the person in whom they placed all their hopes may not be able to help. Use examples from the book to support your answer.
2. If one thinks of running a marathon and then, at the end of a grueling race, finding out he/she must run another ten miles, it would seem that those ten miles would be impossible. This is a metaphor for what has happened to the travelers. They are now faced, not with answers, but more challenges. Discuss ways in which you think the group can support each other to face these challenges. Use examples from the book to support your answer.
3. What do you think the new challenges are that the travelers must face? Do you see the new problems as being more difficult to solve then the ones they have encountered on the journey? How does their journey correspond with the idea of the "journey of life?"
Essay Topic 3
In these chapters, Fitz wavers from his loyalty to King Verity back to his own need to seek revenge on Regal. The theme of the need to sacrifice one's self for the greater good of others is displayed here, as Fitz tries to follow his own heart and is defeated at every turn.
1. Explain, using examples, whether you believe revenge or loyalty is more important in Fitz's situation.
2. In what ways do you believe the theme, sacrifice for the greater good, is displayed in these chapters. Use examples from the book to support your answer.
3. What do you think is meant by following your own heart? Do you think Fitz's heart conflicts more with the desire for revenge or loyalty to Verity? Use examples from the book to support your answer.
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