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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. Why does Uncle Benjen say Jon should not join the Night Watch?
2. What wakes Bran from his coma?
3. Who are the Others?
4. In Bran's dream, what is his family surrounded by?
5. What would have happened to Arya if she had been found by the Lannisters' men after the incident involving Joffrey?
Short Essay Questions
1. Regarding the King's Hand, what does Lady Catelyn Stark need to tell her husband Lord Eddard Stark on the night he rescued the direwolf pups?
2. Why does Cersei believe that Jaime, not Eddard, should be the King's Hand?
3. What does Varys, the eunuch in Robert's court, tell Eddard about Cersei on the night of the tourney Robert chose not to participate in?
4. Explain what happens when Bran is climbing near the First Keep and overhears a conversation.
5. What is the plan of Viserys, a descendant of the House of Targaryens, for his sister Daenerys?
6. Describe the story that Old Nan tells Bran as he recovers from his injuries.
7. What is Littlefinger's advice to Eddard regarding the dagger used in Bran's murder attempt?
8. Why is Jon Snow having difficulty while training for the Night Watch?
9. What does Queen Cersei decide after Joffrey and Arya describe their parts in the sword fighting incident?
10. After Robert finishes arguing with his squires before the tourney, what does Robert reveal to Eddard about Joffrey and Cersei?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In A Game of Thrones, Jon Snow and Bran both have dreams. Choose a dream of one of these two characters. Who has the dream? What is the dream about? What symbolism is in the dream? What does the content of the dream tell us about the character who has the dream? Does the dream provide any hints or clues of events that take place later in the story? What is the author's purpose in including the dream in the story?
Essay Topic 2
The author made up the world in which the characters live. Even though the world is much different from ours, what parallels can you draw between the world in A Game of Thrones and the world in which you live?
Essay Topic 3
Explore the nature of good and evil as it exists in A Game of Thrones. In the war between the Lannisters and the Starks, was one side all good and the other side all evil? What makes you think this? Do the Targaryens represent good or evil? Why?
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