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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. Where does Kahlan, Zedd, and Midlanders rest for the night when Jebra starts to read people?

2. Who tells Annalina that she was the young woman that Annalina kicked out of the Palace for wielding spells that were forbidden?

3. What does Annalina pull out to communicate with Verna when she stops for the night?

4. Who puts a collar on Zedd?

5. Who decides to use the sliph to travel?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why do Zedd and Gratch land on the Keep?

5. Why does Holly go out to play instead of helping her grandmother?

6. What are Jebra's visions about Zedd and Kahlan?

7. How is Jagang able to control the Sisters of the Dark when they release their magic?

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

9. How does Jagang force the Sisters of the Dark to satisfy the desires of his men?

10. What does Tobias confess to his sister about the Creator in Chapter 36?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

There are many references to the dead or undead throughout the book. Why do you think that is the case? Do you think it has to do with the nature of the characters, the story, or as a vehicle to introduce and understand the concept of the afterlife? Do you think the use of the undead is effective? How do living characters interact with those that have died?

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