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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. To which of the following is the novel dedicated?

2. What is the name of the dragon Violet’s sister rides?

3. For which section is Dain a squad leader?

4. Which of the following authors a healing guide?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. At Basgiath, what is a “repeat”?

3. What is Threshing in the novel?

4. Why are pre-bonded cadets advised to stay at least seven feet apart during Presentation?

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

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

7. Why do cadets attend Battle Brief daily?

8. What justification does Jack give for attacking Andarna?

9. Why does Violet refuse to flee to the scribes?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Assuming that Fourth Wing should be standard reading for a given class and level, what class and what level? Why that class and why that level? What in the text suggests as much, and 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

The character concept of the Mary Sue—an idealized female character, nearly always the protagonist, possessing many skills and few if any significant character flaws—originates in fan fiction, but it can be found in no few mainstream works (as can the male counterpart Marty Stu or Gary Stu). To what extent does Violet fall under the rubric of a Mary Sue? What in the text shows as much, and how does it do so?

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