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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 Leto conceal from Moneo about Siona?

2. Who is Nayla?

3. What is a Torquemada?

4. What is said about the God Emperor if he survives the Great Sharing?

5. When the Imperial Guard picks up Idaho from the featureless room in Onn, where are they taking Idaho?

Short Essay Questions

1. Noree is the new Ixian Ambassador. During her first meeting with Leto, what does Leto realize about Noree?

2. In order to increase their chances of success during the attack of Leto's procession near the Idaho River, what do the Face Dancers do?

3. Why does Leto tolerate the Ixians?

4. Why does Leto use all female armies?

5. While Nayla is in Leto's quarters giving him an update on the rebel activities, what myth does Leto confirm?

6. After being informed by Idaho that there have been attacks on the guards and spotty violence in the City and in the Forbidden Forest, Leto orders human wolves introduced into the forest. Why?

7. What is the Bene Gesserit?

8. What does Leto learn about Siona during his meeting with Nayla?

9. In the "Welbeck Fragment," what notion does Moneo insist about Leto that his daughter rejects?

10. Who is Iyo Kobat and why was he banished from Arrakis?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Leto admits while testing Siona that she strengthens him by opposing him and letting him sharpen his claws, so to speak, on her. Give three examples throughout the story of how this relationship is characterized by the above statement. Do you agree with Leto's statement? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Moneo often watches Leto for signs that signal the "approach of the Worm."

a. What signs is Moneo watching for?

b. What actions or theories does Leto hold that particularly worry Moneo because they signal the Worm is near?

c. Why is Moneo afraid the Worm and its emergence?

Essay Topic 3

The Great Convention bans the use of atomic weapons against human targets and bans "thinking machines." Leto, however, turns a blind eye to the technologies Ixians invent.

a. Explain why Leto's allows the Ixians to continue outlawed practices.

b. How do the Ixian inventions benefit Leto?

c. How do the Ixian inventions threaten Leto?

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