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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 old was Lady Daenaera when she wed King Aegon III?

2. What was the fee to watch traitors, rebels, and murderers beheaded and fed to the dragons?

3. How long was Lord Elmo Lord of Riverrun?

4. After Aemond and his dragon took down Lucerys and Arrax, how long was it before Arrax's body washed up beneath the cliffs below Storm's End?

5. When Lord Borrow approached King's Landing with an army after the riots, who came to him with a flag of truce?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Archmaester Gyldayn say about the sources used to document his history?

2. What problem did Lord Stark have and how was it solved in "Under the Regents-The Hooded Hand"?

3. Why was Aegon II not able to fly to King's Landing after he killed Rhaenyra?

4. How did Lady Baela avoid a forced marriage, and who did she marry?

5. How was King Jaehaerys' successor determined after Prince Baelon died?

6. In "Aftermath," what did Gyldayn say about the reigh of King Aegon III Targaryen?

7. What was Winter Fever?

8. What was the Dance of the Dragons?

9. How did Rhaenyra died?

10. Why did Prince Aemond become regent?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Jaehaerys married his sister Alysanne. Why were Lord Rogar and Queen Regent Alyssa against the marriage? How was a crisis with the Faith avoided?

Essay Topic 2

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view of Fire & Blood? How does the way that the third-person narrator follows different characters influence what readers know about events and characters? How does having the narrator follow different characters help readers connect with and understand characters?

Essay Topic 3

Gyldayn believed that some of the accounts he used for his history were biased. How did Gyldayn believe that some of the sources he used for his history were biased? Why did he use those sources anyway?

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