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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. Which of the following writes a history of Navarre?

2. What part of the Gauntlet thwarts Violet?

3. For how many years are cadets enrolled at Basgiath?

4. What is the name of Xaden’s cousin?

5. Violet is one of how many facing Threshing?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why do Navarrians disregard feathertail dragons?

3. Why is the Gauntlet so named?

4. Why does Violet’s mother assert she will do well at Basgiath?

5. At Basgiath, what is a “repeat”?

6. Why does Tairn urge Violet to kill Oren?

7. What reason does Tairn give for choosing Violet?

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

9. Why do cadets attend Battle Brief daily?

10. What advice does Xaden offer Violet while they spar?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

A lack of formal sectional division in the novel obliges a fairly arbitrary breakdown of the text for purposes of study and discussion. How might the novel be sectioned off other than it currently is? Why might those divisions be appropriate, based on the text and its contexts of composition and reception?

Essay Topic 3

Overall, what is the most important theme of Fourth Wing? What in the text indicates as much? How does it do so?

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