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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 planet are the twins Ghanima and Leto on in the beginning of the book?
2. Where does Leto say he will die?
3. Whose plan is it to separate Ghanima and Leto?
4. What is it that Ghanima and Leto do not fear?
5. Who does Alia align herself with from within her inner lives?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. Why does Alia have to strengthen herself against "others"? What does she do in order to do that? Who are the "others"?
3. Why does Leto talk Ghanima into inviting their parents persona-memories in despite the danger? What does Leto discover?
4. Alia outlines the three reasons the Bene Gesserit give for large populations turning on their oppressors. What are they? Are these things occurring?
5. Spice is an important theme through out the book. What is spice? How is it produced? What is it used for?
6. What does Idaho deduce about the assassination plot Alia is so concerned about? Who is it really against? How does Idaho believe the attack will happen? What precautions does he suggest? Does Alia listen to him?
7. 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?
8. Why do the twins, Ghanima and Leto, not fear death? What impact does this have on their personalities?
9. At the beginning of the story, it is believed that The Preacher could be posing as someone else. Who do the people believe The Preacher may be? Why do people believe he is someone else?
10. How does Leto tell Lady Jessica the Atreides' House will be undone? What factors play into their demise?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The author first introduces the idea of Farad'n and Ghanima being joined as part of a political plot - one that he is in favor of and she is not. However, we come to learn that the marriage between Farad'n and Ghanima could have long reaching positive effects on the Empire. What are they? Discuss the impact this union would have locally (on Arakis) and across the Empire.
Essay Topic 2
Leto both hates and thanks his mother for kidnapping him and forcing him to take spice. Why? What happens to him during one of his trances that causes his outlook to change? What does he do as a result of the last trance he has?
Essay Topic 3
There are ecological changes on Arakis that indicate the planet is changing. What changes does the author mention in the beginning of the story during the conversation between Ghanima and Leto? What impact could these changes have on the planet and the people living there? Relate this fictional situation to the current global changes we are experiencing. Are there similarities? What are the differences?
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