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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 does Verity want to do even though he is with his Queen?

2. About what does Fitz not wonder later?

3. How are Fitz and Nighteyes as companions?

4. How does Regal die?

5. What happens to Kettricken right before the dragon is awaken?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Where does Fool follow Fitz, what does he ask and then what happens? What is Fitz's response?

4. What happens in Chapter 39 when Fitz is fighting Will and Regal's army?

5. Who comes to visit Fitz often and what does she bring him?

6. In Chapter 34 what does the narrator say about Verity and the Skill and what he had tried to do about the Red Ships?

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

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

9. What does Fitz do while Kettle and Verity sleep and what does Verity decide?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

Fitz was killed and buried and was revived by Burrich and Chade. To bring Fitz back to life, he was trusted to a wolf who had been bound to him. Fitz is thinking of his past, and he wonders if he should thank these men for bringing him back.

1. Discuss in detail the types of emotional impact being dead and buried would have on a person who is then revived. Use examples from the book to support your answer.

2. Fitz's soul supposedly entered a wolf while he was buried. Discuss what you think being a wolf would do for Fitz's human mind. Use examples from the book to support your answer.

3. Using examples from the book discuss reasons why Fitz might not thank the men who brought him back from the dead.

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