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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 is the officers name?

2. Why weren't the dragons listening to the commands of their riders?

3. Who was Gilthanas proud to have known?

4. What is Astinus' advice to Laurana?

5. How long has it been since Sturm died?

Short Essay Questions

1. What information specifically convinced the people that these new dragons weren't here to harm them?

2. Why did the good dragons decide to break the Oath?

3. Why couldn't Raistlin read the spellbooks?

4. How did Tanis feel that he and Raistlin were very much alike?

5. What was the reason the two dragons couldn't come apart?

6. Why couldn't the mages defend their own Towers?

7. Discuss why there was a moment of indecision in Kitiara regarding the pursuit of the Green Gemstone Man?

8. What did the magic users attempt to explain to the public in vain?

9. What was the sight that had taken Tas' breath away?

10. Why was it that Astinus seems like he is cold and unfeeling?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the social order of the group. Who is at the top, and who is at the bottom? Speculate on the reason for such an order, and why it is that Tanis specifically is their leader.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Kitiara's conversations with Lord Soth. How did these conversations illustrate the personality she was trying to reinvent for herself? Do you think she meant the things she had said to Soth? Why or why not? Is it likely that Kitiara is actually as bad a person as she portrays herself to be? How can you prove your answer?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Tanis' actions as being reprehensible of a true hero. How are his actions involving Kitiara, although not admirable, better than those that occurred later on in the novel, specifically between him and Berem. What were Berem's actions regarding what Tanis had done? Are these reactions difficult for the reader to accept? Why or why not?

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