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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. How do they cross the Ramr River when they come to it?

2. What does the Shade ask Eragon for that Eragon doesn't know?

3. What one subject do both Eragon and Murtagh avoid while traveling?

4. What does Brom tell Eragon to do if he is ever faced with a wizard's duel?

5. What does Murtagh show Eragon in an attempt to prove that he holds no loyalty to Morzan or to Galbatorix?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Angela explain was the curse Brom carried?

2. What explanation do Eragon and Saphira give to King Hrothgar when he asks them why they are with the Verdan and choose to side against the Empire?

3. What does Eragon learn from the Ra'zac that capture him and Brom outside of Dras-Leona?

4. Describe the scene in which Eragon's mind is probed by the bald man?

5. In the chapter "Diamond Tomb" what does Eragon find curious about Murtagh?

6. What does Ajihad explain is the reason that Ayra had the egg?

7. Explain Eragon's reaction when he is able to call forth an image of the young girl he has been seeing in his dreams?

8. When Eragon is to the point that he can escape what delima does he face in the beginning of the chapter "Fighting Shadows"?

9. Why is Brom so angry with Eragon after Eragon had insulted the Urgal's master and let them live?

10. What does Brom tell Eragon in "Legacy of a Rider" shortly before Brom dies?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the impact that Dras-Leona had on Eragon in terms of the priests' sacrifice and the slaves that are sold. What does this city relate to the reader? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

Describe what an Urgal is like.

1) Why were the Uragls so quick to begin fighting themselves when the Shade was killed?

2) What does it say about Galbatorix that he was willing to use the Urgals?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the sword, Zar'roc. The sword seems to be a different symbol to different people.

1) Explain the reaction that the sword gets from the Ra'zac, Murtagh, the Varden and the dwarfs. What does the sword mean to Eragon? 2) Given it's past why would Brom have kept the sword?

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