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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 kind of dragon does Xaden ride?

2. Which of the following is the chief deity of Navarre?

3. Which of the following writes a history of Navarre?

4. Which of the following is king of Navarre?

5. Which of the following governs death in Navarre?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Tairn urge Violet to kill Oren?

2. About what content in the novel are readers advised?

3. To what does Violet owe her physical condition?

4. Why are pre-bonded cadets advised to talk to each other during Presentation?

5. Why are the roads at the edge of Basgiath kept clear on Conscription Day?

6. How does Violet justify her use of a dagger in the Gauntlet?

7. Why do cadets from Morraine spend Saturdays at a lake?

8. Why do Navarrians disregard feathertail dragons?

9. Why do cadets attend Battle Brief daily?

10. What comment is made about Red Scorpiontail dragons?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Consider the technologies on display in Fourth Wing. How well do they correspond to standards of fantasy literature? What effect on the reader does it have that they do to the extent they do? How is the effect achieved?

Essay Topic 2

What pattern of chapter-length is present in the novel, if any? What effect does the length of chapters have on the reading? How is the effect achieved?

Essay Topic 3

Sources attest to the presence of Fourth Wing on best-seller lists. Assuming that sales figures reflect popularity, what accounts for the popularity of the novel? How does it do so?

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