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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. Why has Bernie chosen his profession?

2. Who escorts Delirium home after she talks with the vagrant woman at the beginning of the book?

3. What did Farrell used to be?

4. What has Desire been trying to do at Dream's castle when Delirium comes to visit?

5. Who is Desire's twin sister?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Ruby die?

2. What happens to Etain the first time we see her in this book?

3. How was Delirium comforted during her transition?

4. What is in Bernie's secret black box?

5. Who took the absence of Destruction the hardest, and why?

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

7. Why has Bernie decided to be a lawyer?

8. How has the Alderman been cheating Death?

9. Why does Delirium tell her sister she is having such a hard time holding herself together at the beginning of the book?

10. What caused Delirium's transformation?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

How did Dreams affect the course of this plot, and why were they such a significant aspect of the Endless?

Essay Topic 3

What role does symbolism play in this book and where does it appear? How is the plot altered by the presence of these symbols?

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