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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 does Kahlan fear that she has failed since the people of the Midlands are disbanded?

2. Who is the Mother Confessor?

3. Who does Richard find in his room that comes to attack him with a dagger?

4. What does Richard ask the Mord-Sith women to show him when they come into his room?

5. Who had managed to cast a spell over the travel journal so that Annalina could not open it without fear that she would die?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Annalisa unable to open the journey book at the camp?

2. How does Richard realize that the duchess' attack on him is related to magic?

3. Why is it hard to get into the Wizard's Keep?

4. Why do Tobias and Lunetta fight after Kahlan and Addie throw the dress into the fire?

5. Why does Richard have to leave the Sword of Truth behind when he goes into the sliph?

6. How does Merissa plant the seed of doubt about Richard in Kahlan's mind?

7. Why does Richard help the Sisters of the Dark against Jagang?

8. What does Zedd threaten to do if Verna does not remove the collar?

9. Why is Kahlan angry with Richard after she reads his letter?

10. What happens when Annalina buys a honey cake?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The reader learns that Richard is destined to fix the devastation that has befallen the lands in the Blood of the Fold and help the people that belong there. It would appear that Richard has little choice in his life it is completely guided by destiny or fate.

1. Do you think Richardʼs life is controlled by destiny? Do you think everyoneʼs life is controlled by destiny? Why or why not?

2. Discuss whether destiny and free will can both exist in a world. Use examples to illustrate your arguments.

3. If fate or destiny was stronger than individual choice discuss why would anyone work towards a goal. Use examples to illustrate your arguments.

Essay Topic 2

Love and sexuality between different characters is a recurring theme in Blood of the Fold. How do Richard's feelings about love change from the beginning of the novel to its end? In what ways has he expanded his awareness and beliefs? Is sexuality connected to love for Richard? How do his feelings develop and change for Kahlan, and how does his relationship with her contrast with that of other women that he has had romantic feelings for or an idealized relationship with?

Essay Topic 3

Goodkind uses more than one instance of irony in the novel. Cite at least two examples you can identify in the book and note why they are examples of irony.

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