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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. Who in the room is immune to the Voice?

2. What law does Keynes discuss?

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

4. What does Kynes do with his drink at the party?

5. What kind of conditioning has Yueh endured?

Short Essay Questions

1. Summarize the fourth section.

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

3. What does Baron ask Rabban to do in the first section of book two?

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

5. Describe how Paul and Jessica manage to escape.

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

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

8. Why does Jessica hope that Paul does not use the Voice?

9. What does Jessica see on the landscape?

10. Describe Duke Leto.

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

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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