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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 does Halleck have a scar?

2. What does the Law of the Minimum determine?

3. What does Jessica call a death maker?

4. How does Leto release the poisonous gas?

5. What does Paul call his dream girl?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Leto look like as Yueh leads him to the Baron?

2. What message does Jessica receive during the dinner party?

3. Describe the test that Mohiam puts Paul through to see if he is human.

4. How do Paul and Jessica react to Duke Leto's death?

5. What is the message that Lady Fenring leaves for Jessica?

6. Summarize the third section.

7. What is the only way to kill worms?

8. Summarize the fourth section.

9. What do the Fremen say has happened to Halleck at the beginning of book 2?

10. Describe Paul's sense of the future at this point in the story.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is global warming? How does it affect the earth's environment? Why do some people turn a blind eye to global warming? How much would we have to change our lives to improve the environment?

Essay Topic 2

Herbet wrote Dune in the 1960's. Think about the world and in particular America during this period and discuss whether the book reflects what was happening.

1) What are the book's themes? Do they relate to America's political or social environment at that time? If so how?

2) Is Herbert's vision a direct result of what was happening in the world at that time? Have any of Herbert's ideas come true?

Essay Topic 3

Dune is part of the science fiction genre.

1) What are the conventions of the science fiction genre in terms of character, language and plot?

2) In what way does Dune break new ground in the science fiction genre?

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