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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. For how many generations has the House of Atriedes ruled on Caladan?

2. Who breaks the tension in the dining room with a toast?

3. What does Yueh implant into Leto's mouth?

4. How many brigades attack Hawat?

5. What can they smell when they land their craft?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the Fremen soldiers fare in their battle against the Sardaukar's?

2. What do Mohim and Jessica say about Paul in private?

3. Describe Dr. Yueh.

4. What does Jessica see on the landscape?

5. Summarize the final section of book 1.

6. How does the Baron escape the poisonous gas?

7. Describe Guerney Hallack.

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

9. Describe the Law of the Minimum.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Herbert is recognized as one of the great American writers from the fifties and sixties, yet Science Fiction is not usually a genre people think of as great literature. Why do you think Herbert used this genre to communicate his views? What are these views? Do think these views are more counterculture than mainstream? Do you think he could have communicated his views as openly in another genre?

Essay Topic 2

The planets in Dune are controlled by a Feudal system. What is a feudal system? When and why were feudal systems popular? What was the structure of a feudal system? Who does a feudal system benefit?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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