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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 Kitiara want Ariakas to call for?

2. What is the name of the man who had saved them, the one who wears red robes?

3. Who calls Berem?

4. What did Fizban do to his dragon?

5. What did Tanis see in Laurana's eyes?

Short Essay Questions

1. What offer does Tanis make Kitiara? How does he justify this?

2. What offer is made to Laurana?

3. Why was Tanis closely examining the map? What was notable about it?

4. What were the warning signs that Flint wasn't alright, and what was it that finally killed him?

5. What did Tanis want to know that Berem didn't understand himself?

6. What finally brings the attention of the sea elf back to the conversation when Tanis interrupts it?

7. Why did Laurana feel like a fraud?

8. What did Tanis realize too late?

9. What things had stopped Laurana?

10. Who is Fizban revealed to be? What does this mean and how does he react to their reaction?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the different reactions of the group to the revelation that Tanis had been lying to them since he arrived back with the group at Flotsam? How did some of the characters understand this deception and forgive him almost immediately? Suggest reasons why other characters were more hesitant to forgive.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

Although Tas doesn't see himself as a thief, many people would think he is in fact, a thief. Discuss the Kender's perception of himself and the way he reacts to being called a thief by a the cartographer.

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