View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wants to guide Leto and Ghanima's education?
(a) Irulan.
(b) Alia.
(c) Lady Jessica.
(d) The Bene Gesserit Sisterhood.

2. What language do the twins use to communicate in secret?
(a) Harkonnen.
(b) Chinese.
(c) Latin.
(d) Ancient Egyptian.

3. Who does Alia marry after Paul's death?
(a) Farad'n.
(b) Duncan Idaho.
(c) Gurney Halleck.
(d) Muad'Dib.

4. What awaits Leto and Ghanima as they begin their journey toward the Golden Path?
(a) The dangers of spice trances.
(b) The Trial of Possession.
(c) The risk of being hunted and caught by non-believers.
(d) The Trial of Lives Past.

5. Why do people use spice?
(a) It is used to treat medical conditions.
(b) It is used to help purify the water found in the desert.
(c) It is used for space flight and viewing inner lives.
(d) It is used for cooking, but also as a drug.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose plan is it to separate Ghanima and Leto?

2. If the twins, Ghanima and Leto, do become Abomination, who does Leto say could cause it?

3. Who's mental abilities does Alia use to deduce who may be conspiring against her?

4. Who does Alia align herself with from within her inner lives?

5. What does Jessica see in Alia that confirms she is Abomination?

Short Essay Questions

1. Spice is an important theme through out the book. What is spice? How is it produced? What is it used for?

2. What happens to Leto to make him believe the Golden Path is the only way to redeem humanity? What signs does he receive? Where do these signs come from?

3. How does Leto tell Lady Jessica the Atreides' House will be undone? What factors play into their demise?

4. What happens when Idaho goes to carry out Alia's plan to abduct Lady Jessica?

5. What does The Preacher do to anger Farad'n when Farad'n invites The Preacher to his palace? What reasons does he give for not complying with Farad'n's requests? What does he offer as an alternative?

6. What three paths has Leto seen for himself that he explains to Stilgar? What are the implications of these paths? Where does Leto believe he will die?

7. Alia outlines the three reasons the Bene Gesserit give for large populations turning on their oppressors. What are they? Are these things occurring?

8. Why do Leto and Ghanima head toward The Attendant? What does Leto deduce is going to happen at The Attendant?

9. Why do the twins, Ghanima and Leto, not fear death? What impact does this have on their personalities?

10. Lady Jessica and her sister Irulan are a part of the Bene Gesserit sisterhood. Who are the Bene Gesserits? What is their goal, and what role do Lady Jessica and Irulan play in that goal?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 1,183 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample