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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 does Jessica say to Alia when she tells the Fremen Naib that she speaks for the Atreides?

2. How many people come to Lady Jessica's arrival on Arakis?

3. What does Leto see in his vision that he describes to Stilgar?

4. Who does Alia believe The Preacher has infected?

5. Who is presenting his case when an attempt is made on Lady Jessica's life?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the assassination attempt that plays out against Lady Jessica during her and Alia's audience with the people. Who attempts to assassinate her? How does Jessica avoid being killed?

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

5. Why does Alia feel alone? What makes her believe that she has no where to turn but inward? Why does she turn inward?

6. 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?

7. 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?

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 does Leto talk Ghanima into inviting their parents persona-memories in despite the danger? What does Leto discover?

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the events that take place at the end of the book and how the story concludes for each character. Are the characters where they anticipated being? Why or why not? Discuss each character's place at the end of the story in detail.

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

The spice production on Arakis is a monopoly that keeps the House in power. The House that controls the spice production will rule Arakis and have a great deal of power across all the worlds. What is a monopoly? How does having a spice monopoly give the controlling House power? Can you think of real world examples of monopolies that are comparable to spice production on Arakis?

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