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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 does Delirium feel when she hears Dream will help her?

2. What city does Delirium meet with a vagrant woman at the beginning of the book?

3. How does Delirium know who she wants to visit?

4. What is in Bernie's black box?

5. Where does Delirium meet with Farrell?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Delirium come to talk to Dream after being denied by the twin sisters?

2. What does Dream do at the beginning of the book, and why?

3. Why has Bernie decided to be a lawyer?

4. What does Destruction say will end his age on earth?

5. Describe the last interchange between Despair and Destruction before he disappeared.

6. Where did Dream rescue Nada from?

7. Why did Dream's rescue of Nada not make her love him?

8. What happens to Delirium after talking to the vagrant woman in London?

9. What does Matthew talk to Lucien about when he first meet him?

10. What is happening at the back room of Destruction's house, and what is this supposed to mean?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Fear is a common theme in this book that is presented a number of times by a number of characters. What are some of these instances, and how does fear affect the characters in the book?

Essay Topic 2

Many different characters in this book were persuaded to do things that they would not have done of their own accord. What are some of these instances, and how did persuasion affect the course of the plot?

Essay Topic 3

How did Ishtar die, and how did this death change the tone of the book and progression of the plot?

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