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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 do the Great Houses nickname Duke Leto?

2. What is the name of Paul's teacher?

3. What does Jessica use to hold Hawat in his chair?

4. What does Jessica call a death maker?

5. Who does Jessica want to escape?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why can the Duke not marry Jessica?

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

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

4. What is the only way to kill worms?

5. Describe how Paul and Jessica manage to escape.

6. Summarize the third section.

7. Summarize the second section.

8. What does Jessica notice about Paul's face at the end of book 1?

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

Examine the novel's plot structure.

1) What is the premise of the novel? Does Herbert stick closely to the premise?

2) What problems do the characters have to solve? How do they solve them?

3) Do you think the book concludes satisfactorily?

Essay Topic 2

Herbert sets the majority of the novel on the fictional county of Arrakis. Do you think the planet resembles any real life setting? Why do you think Herbet has chosen to use a fictional planet? What difference do you think it would make if he used a real planet such as earth?

Essay Topic 3

Do you think religion is good way to gain control over a population? How have western countries used religion to gain control over small nations? What alternatives are there to using religion as a source of power? Why have countries become controlled by a religion, particularly if it is not directly derived from their own culture?

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