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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 does Robb tell Maester Luwin when he tries to persuade Lady Catelyn to leave Bran's bedside?

2. How does Robb treat Tyrion when Tyrion visits Bran?

3. Who are the Others?

4. Who took Robert Baratheon and Eddard Stark as wards when the opposing king wanted them killed?

5. How did Viserys and Daenerys, descendants of the House of Targaryens, lose their father?

Short Essay Questions

1. What information about the setting does the author provide in the prologue?

2. What rules must the members of the Night Watch follow?

3. Why is the size of Tyrion's shadow important as he reenters the castle after talking with Jon?

4. What is Littlefinger's advice to Eddard regarding the dagger used in Bran's murder attempt?

5. Explain the relationship between Jon Arryn, Lord Eddard Stark, and Robert Baratheon, and how they acquired their positions of authority.

6. Why does Cersei believe that Jaime, not Eddard, should be the King's Hand?

7. When Eddard asks Grand Maester Pycelle if Jon Arryn's death could have been caused by poisoning, what does Pycelle say the use of poison suggests?

8. How is Robert Baratheon's relationship with Lyanna important?

9. After Robert finishes arguing with his squires before the tourney, what does Robert reveal to Eddard about Joffrey and Cersei?

10. Why does Jon become deeply offended when Tyrion tells him the Night Watch is made up of criminals and illegitimate children?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Internal conflict affects different characters in the story. Choose a character who faces internal conflict. Explain what the conflict is, how the character attempts to resolve the internal conflict, if the conflict is resolved and how it is resolved. If the conflict is not resolved why it is not resolved? What have you learned about the character from the internal conflict? How does the resolution or lack of resolution of the internal conflict affect the character?

Essay Topic 2

In A Game of Thrones, circumstances force both Robb and Daenerys to make decisions and behave in ways which defined their maturity. Compare and contrast Robb and Daenerys in terms of their maturity in the story. What behavior did they show which demonstrated their maturity? Did one character mature more than the other? If so, which character? How? Was one character required to make more mature decisions and behave more maturely than the other? If so, who? How?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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