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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 the Honored Matre name for the Old Empire?

2. Where does Sheeana live?

3. Who requested that Duncan Idaho learn Latin?

4. Who reports the birth of Murbella's child on page 315?

5. What is the name of the Suk attending the birth of Murbella's child?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the significance of Clairby's driving Odrade's ship to Junction?

2. On page 285, why does Odrade speak to Scytale in his own language?

3. Explain why someone would order a Convocation of the Bene Gesserit.

4. Toward the end of this section, what role does Teg take up? Why?

5. How does the relationship between Duncan Idaho and Murbella change after the Spice Agony?

6. On pages 298-299, why does Odrade disapprove of Murbella's training exercises?

7. Why does Murbella interrupt Teg's command of battle?

8. Explain Duncan Idaho's comparison between Murbella and Jessica.

9. What does the Great Honored Matre intend to accomplish by serving Odrade wine, and what actually happens?

10. As Odrade reveals in a soliloquy on page 375, how do the Honored Matres train their recruits?

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

Discuss the significance of Daniel and Marty in the novel.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the concept of Teg as the ideal character in the Dune universe.

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