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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What soothing instrument does Leto play?
(a) Muriz.
(b) Guitar.
(c) Baliset.
(d) Harp.

2. What does Jessica say to Alia when she tells the Fremen Naib that she speaks for the Atreides?
(a) The Unclean.
(b) Spice Abomination.
(c) Murderous Abomination.
(d) The Unknown.

3. Who does Alia suspect of being involved in the conspiracy against her?
(a) The Spice Guild and the Sisterhood.
(b) All of these.
(c) The Great Houses.
(d) CHOAM

4. What relationship does Alia have with Ghanima and Leto?
(a) She is a childhood friend.
(b) She is their half-sister.
(c) She is their aunt.
(d) She is their caretaker.

5. What does Jessica use to discover the Baron's destructive plot?
(a) All of these.
(b) Adab.
(c) Memory Trance.
(d) Spice.

Short Answer Questions

1. What cycle would have to be duplicated in order to produce spice on another planet?

2. What was Paul tested with as a boy?

3. What mask does The Preacher wear that allows him to see?

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

5. What language do the twins use to communicate in secret?

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 when Idaho goes to carry out Alia's plan to abduct Lady Jessica?

3. Is the future as a setting an important part of science fiction as a genre? Could this science fiction novel take place in the past? What aspects of the story would have to be the same in order for it to remain a science fiction novel?

4. 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?

5. Lady Jessica suspects Leto is Abonimation, and demands and explanation from him when he begins discussing the concept of time and the choice he has to make to live and die for his subjects or live for thousands of years. What is Leto's response to Jessica's demand for an explanation?

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

7. Leto experiences visions and knows things about the past that he could not know. Why does he have these visions? Where or who do the visions come from?

8. 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?

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

10. What does Jessica see in Alia that makes her realize, without doubt, that she is Abomination? What does she need to do as a result of seeing this in Alia?

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