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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 did Flint attempt to keep a firm grip on?

2. When was Goldmoon and Riverwind's child to have been born?

3. What does Caramon smell like, according to Raistlin?

4. What term does the dragon use with Flint that is a term of high respect?

5. What would Maquesta never do in ordinary circumstances?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Raistlin lie to them all? How had he utilized the orb while the ship was stuck in the maelstrom?

2. What explanation did Tanis offer as proof that he had not betrayed the group?

3. What had helped Raistlin in the Tower of High Sorcery?

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

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

6. How does Tanis make for a convincing argument to leave port?

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

8. What had Laurana asked the Lord of Palanthas to do about the information about the incoming dragons?

9. Why did those that loved understand Tanis and his actions?

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 Tanis' reaction to having slept with Kitiara and his return to his friends. How does he deal with the guilt of his actions, and his lying after the fact? How does it make him feel about himself? How does he display these feelings to his friends?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss what Gilthanas could have meant by both himself and his sister knowing what it is like to be betrayed. Who, it becomes evident is the one that Gilthanas had been betrayed by? How is this evident in the way the characters treat each other?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the self imposed confinement some people wished to go into within the lost city of Istar. What kinds of situations would be likely to encourage continued existence within this realm? How does the length of stay influence the continued stay? Explain.

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