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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 demon does Susan fight?

2. What does Susan notice is not lessening?

3. Who is given Shiro's sword?

4. Who does Harry think casts the spells that attack Harry and Susan as they jump out of the car?

5. What does Harry theorize about the Denarians and the Shroud?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the duel between Ortega and Harry.

2. What does Nicodemus offer Harry and what is Harry's reply?

3. What does Shiro reveal to Harry?

4. What does Harry finally get out of Cassius about the Shroud?

5. Describe Harry and Shiro's conversation as they are driving to the meeting about the duel.

6. How does Harry reveal who Cassius is masquerading as, and how does Harry know to do so?

7. What is Harry's reaction to the sample of the Shroud he picks up on the way to the meeting about the duel?

8. Why does Marcone agree to help Harry and the Knights and how does Marcone do so?

9. What do Harry and Anna encounter when they get back to where Susan is waiting?

10. How does Anna trick Harry and escape from Father Forthill's?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1. What is foreshadow? How many incidences of foreshadow are in Death Masks? How does foreshadow contribute to a book's suspense?

2. Discuss an example of foreshadow in Death Masks including why you believe it is foreshadow. Include examples from the book and your own life to illustrate your answer.

3. How do you think most people react to uncertainty in their lives? Use examples from Death Masks and your own live to support your opinion.

Essay Topic 2

Often, authors will write about "what they know," and sometimes knowing a little about the author makes the books more interesting. Discuss the following:

1. Research and give a brief biographical sketch of Jim Butcher.

2. What in Butcher's background may have helped him in writing Death Masks? What may have influenced the way he depicts various characters and scenes?

3. Do you think there is always some of the author's own life in his/her novels? Why or why not? Give examples.

Essay Topic 3

Death Masks belongs to the fantasy genre. Discuss the following:

1. Define the literary term "genre" and give several examples of three other genres in addition to the fantasy genre.

2. Discuss two reasons why it might be useful to label a text by genre and two reasons it might be disadvantageous to label a text by genre.

3. What do you think is the difference between a fantasy and a historical novel mystery?

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