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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 does Ibn think about the way the Northmen think about the number thirteen?

2. What is the story about that Ibn told the hall?

3. What do the merchants have primarily in their houses?

4. What is the position of the man in question #15?

5. With what does Chapter One begin?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the Northmen merchants have to sell and where do they sell it?

2. What does Ibn learn about Thorkel during the burial rites?

3. How do the Northmen hold funeral rites for their leader?

4. Why was Ibn chosen as the thirteenth warrior?

5. Describe Trelburg.

6. What is the letter that is mentioned in Chapter One?

7. What does a boat that arrives bear and what is the message given to Buliwyf?

8. How does Ibn end up telling a story in Rothgar's Hall?

9. What does Ibn say about the Oguz Turks?

10. How does Chapter One begin and what does the writer say about himself?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Wyglif's possessions are divided into three parts: one for his family, one to purchase a girl to die with him, and the last to be buried alongside him. A wild party ensues in which the Northmen get very drunk and indulge their pleasures with various women. A woman comes forward to say she will be buried with Wyglif. The girl is taken into a hut where she is raped by all of Wyglif's men. She is then held down by two men while the Angel of Death slits the girl's throat.

1. Discuss the status of slaves in the Northmen society based on the statement above. Use examples from "Eaters of the Dead" and your own research to support your answer.

2. Discuss the status of women in a culture that encourages gang rape of a woman. Use examples from the book and your own research to support your answer.

3. How do you think the above burial practice, if viewed from a modern perspective, might demonstrate the evolution of the human race? Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss one of the following:

1. Thoroughly analyze how the setting informs the plot in "Eaters of the Dead".

2. Trace and analyze one major theme of "Eaters of the Dead". How is the theme represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?

3. Trace and analyze two secondary themes of "Eaters of the Dead". How are the themes represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?

Essay Topic 3

"Eaters of the Dead" belongs to the historical fiction fantasy genre. Discuss the following:

1. Define the literary term "genre" and give several examples of three other genres in addition to the historical novel genre.

2. Discuss two reasons why it might be useful to label a text by genre and two reasons it might be disadvantageous to label a text by genre.

3. What do you think is the difference between a science fiction novel and a historical fiction fantasy novel?

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