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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. Where do the Paths of the Dead lead?

2. Where was the group going to head?

3. Why does Tanis need the "grumbling old dwarf"?

4. What is the hair on the helm from?

5. How did Tas get the sword back?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was there no need for talk among the companions and Verminaard?

2. Which person is the least trusted in the party of the companions at this point?

3. Why was the banquet held for Goldmoon's mother close to blasphemous?

4. Describe the gully dwarf that Raistlin befriended?

5. Why did Tanis long to see Kitiara?

6. How had Raistlin changed?

7. Why did Eben betray his companions?

8. What had Riverwind's grandfather done that had made his relationship with Goldmoon even more difficult?

9. What was interesting to note about the Tas' perception of the clerics?

10. How had Sturm perceived the Plainsman's offer of help to watch?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Tanis' origins in the novel. How did he come about in an unconventional manner, and how did it affect the relationship with the people he was raised with? In what regard does this put an interesting dynamic on Laurana and Tanis' relationship? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the groups break out from the cages bound for Pax Tharkas. What situations conspired with them to make their break out possible? How would it have been impossible otherwise, and why? Do you think they could have made it out in another way, and if so, under what circumstances?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss what Tanis said to Laurana while they were in the tomb of Kith-Kanan. Was this lecture justified? Why or why not? How did it make Laurana feel? How did Tanis feel after he had finished?

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