View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What killed the Duke's father?

2. What does Jessica light to study Paul's face?

3. What has to be done to a person who sees a chrysknife?

4. Who does Paul recognize as the pilot of the 'thopter?

5. How old is Paul?

Short Essay Questions

1. Summarize the fourth section.

2. What is the only way to kill worms?

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

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

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

6. Summarize the third section.

7. Describe Guerney Hallack.

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

9. Summarize the second section.

10. Describe the Law of the Minimum.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare the characters of Paul and Jessica. How do their views differ? Are there any similarities between the two characters? Why do you think they grow apart?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 709 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample