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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 do the 42 go?

2. What color gloves does Feyd-Rautha wear?

3. What does the Baron make Feyd-Rautha do to teach him a lesson?

4. Of what is the space above Arrakis full?

5. For what is the word sound, the Bene Gesserit implant, used?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are the worms useful to the Fremens?

2. Describe Stilgar's style of leadership.

3. How does Jessica react to sense sharing with Paul?

4. How do Paul and Stilger convince the Fremen tribe that Stilger and Paul should not fight for the tribe's leadership?

5. What does the Baron learn from Hawat in part 3 section 1?

6. What is Paul's physical state after he drinks the spice?

7. What does Paul's prescience show him in chapter 3, section 3?

8. How can Paul prove he is indeed the Kwisatz Haderach?

9. What does Stilgar say the Fremen plan to do?

10. Describe Feyd Rautha's appearance at the gladiatorial fight?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Dune is accused of not representing a woman's role in a positive light. How do they think woman's role in society has changed since the sixties? Is the change good or bad? What do the students think brought about the change? Were there positive elements to a woman's role in 1960s America?

Essay Topic 2

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 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?

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