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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. What is Dortujla's hobby?

2. On page 193, what word does Duncan Idaho use to describe the couple in his vision?

3. What does the Great Honored Matre give Lucilla to drink on page 110?

4. Which Bene Gesserit had been exiled for falling in love?

5. Who built Duncan Idaho's no-ship?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Where are Scytale's people? Explain.

3. Why do the Bene Gesserit not approve of democracy?

4. Describe Murbella's fighting abilities.

5. What is Sheeana's role in Bene Gesserit society? Explain.

6. What is the importance of the "Siona gene-mark"?

7. What effect does melange have on Odrade?

8. Explain the relationship between Odrade and Taraza.

9. Explain the role of the comeye in Bene Gesserit life.

10. Describe the Jewish society in this novel.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Explore the assumption of power in the Honored Matre society, and compare and contrast it with that of the Bene Gesserit society.

Essay Topic 3

Explain Sheeana's rise to power as a potential goddess and your thoughts on her plans for the future of her religion.

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