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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 happens in the desert after Siona tastes the spice?

2. Why has Leto refrained from eliminating the Tleilaxu?

3. Why is Moneo afraid of spice?

4. What group has Leto contemplated eliminating completely?

5. As Nayla and Moneo are talking in the Citadel, Siona enters. What does Moneo first notice about Siona after her test?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the area surrounding Leto's sunken pit strewn with cushions?

2. As Siona is recovering from the spice in the desert, Leto probes the future. What does Leto learn?

3. In regard to death, how are Ixians and Atreides different?

4. According to Moneo, why is this Idaho more foolish than the previous Idahos?

5. As Leto tests Siona, what does he realize about Siona?

6. What is it about Noree that frightens Leto?

7. When Noree is reunited with Leto after the attack on the Ixian Embassy, what is Leto thankful for--besides Noree's safety?

8. On his way to meet Siona, Leto travels in the central Sareer. What does he do on the way to his meeting?

9. As Leto tests Siona, he knows his actions appear cruel from a human standpoint. In Leto's opinion, what have humans always overlooked?

10. Why does Leto neglect to mention to Noree that he is ordering a replacement Idaho?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the characteristics, roles, loyalties, and agendas of the following groups in the story:

a. Face Dancers.

b. Bene Gesserit.

c. The Guild.

d. Museum Fremen.

Essay Topic 2

The Great Sharing is held once every ten years in Onn.

a. Describe the ceremony surrounding the Great Sharing.

b. What is the purpose of the Great Sharing?

c. Why is participation in the Great Sharing important to Leto? To the people he rules?

Essay Topic 3

Based on the writings early in the story and the author's historical references throughout the novel, compare and contrast the world in which the story takes place with the world as it was in the Dune days before Leto's metamorphosis.

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