View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the "Tyrant"?

2. What is the name of the baby mentioned on page 3?

3. What are the physicians on Chapterhouse called?

4. Who serves as Teg's companion around Central?

5. What had been carried in the no-ship's Great Hold?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain Truthsense as Shoel described it.

2. Describe the Great Honored Matre's leadership style.

3. What happens during Sharing, and what is the method?

4. Why do the Bene Gesserit keep the orchards? What challenges do they face in doing so?

5. Describe the Great Honored Matre's pet.

6. What is Lucilla's relationship to the "Lampadas horde," and how did it come about?

7. Describe the Jewish society in this novel.

8. Summarize Odrade's memory of Linchine.

9. Describe Duncan Idaho's living arrangements.

10. What is Dortujla's place in Bene Gesserit society, and how did she get there?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Defend Bellonda's assertion that the Kwisatz Haderach must be killed.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the theme of creativity and its effect on the mental well-being of the characters.

Essay Topic 3

Examine the role of setting in the novel, giving examples of how setting affects the events of the story.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 822 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample