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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 many women are in the boat?

2. What does Richard use to fight his attackers in the General's room?

3. Who interviews people on the streets about the Mother Confessor?

4. When Richard goes out looking for Tobias, who ends up threatening him that was supposed to be protecting him?

5. When Tobias returns to his camp, which prisoners does he go to visit and find missing?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Tobias insist on getting a coin from Richard?

2. What control does Jagang have over the Sisters of the Dark?

3. How does Richard kill the mriswith that appears in the General's room?

4. What is the significance of the journey book that Verna finds?

5. Why does Warren think Annalisa made Verna the next prelate?

6. How does Lunetta gain control of the duchess?

7. How did Richard become the next Lord Rahl?

8. Why is Richard confused about his interactions with the Duchess?

9. Why do men on the boat leer at the Sisters of the Dark?

10. Why does Tobias kill the duke?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Blood of the Fold is particularly effective in conveying meaning through powerful imagery. Powerful imagery to establish connections in the minds of readers with the story's characters and plot. Imagery is the picture we form in our minds of the story we read. It can involve, visual, auditory, olfactory, gustatory, tactile, kinetic, and kinesthetic. Goodkind uses these imagery to translate words into a visual story that we can see and participate in within our minds. Describe the use of imagery in this novel.

Essay Topic 2

Kahlan is described as the Mother Confessor. What does this role involve? How does this relate to the roles of other characters? What is her relationship to Richard? How is she like other women in the book? How is she different?

Essay Topic 3

Richard and Verna are two of the most active and influential characters, whose choices affect all the other characters in the novel.

Part 1) What is their relationship? How do they co-exist, and how do they interact? What is similar about them, and what is different?

Part 2) What are some events that Richard had a direct influence upon? What are some events that Verna had a direct influence upon?

Part 3) Which character offers support to the group? Which one is stronger, and why?

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