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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. As mentioned on page 217, to whom did Odrade show a Van Gogh painting?

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

3. Who fixes the machinery in the Rabbi's no-chamber?

4. Who describes the battle on Junction as "oddly romantic"?

5. What word does Scytale use that means "land of the unruled"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Odrade question Tamalane about her personal experiences on Dune?

2. Summarize the Great Honored Matre's thoughts about Logno.

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

4. On pages 308-312, how does Teg change?

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

6. Why does Bellonda visit Duncan Idaho while Odrade is traveling away from Central?

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

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

9. Describe Murbella's experience during the Spice Agony.

10. What decision does Odrade make about the sea at Eldio, and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Herbert's dialogue style and its effect on the reader's perception of events.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast Other Memory with the extended memory of a ghola.

Essay Topic 3

Describe in detail the tension between greenery and desert on Chapterhouse.

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