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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 part of Harry does Voldemort destroy?

2. Who took the second page of Lily Potter's letter from Grimmauld Place?

3. Who does Hermione impersonate with polyjuice?

4. How do Harry, Ron and Hermione get off the dragon's back?

5. Who do goblins consider as the owner of an object?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Professor McGonagall and the other teachers do as Harry begins his search for the diadem?

2. Who do Harry, Ron and Hermione question about the Elder wand?

3. What does Harry learn about Severius Snape when Harry uses the Pensieve?

4. Sum up the status of Harry, Hermione and Ron nineteen years later.

5. What does Dumbledore tell Harry about Voldemort and Harry's connection?

6. What is the agreement Harry and Griphook make?

7. Describe the encounter with Crabbe, Goyle and Draco and the destruction of the diadem.

8. Why does Ron ask Harry to stop saying Voldemort's name out loud?

9. Describe Harry's "death."

10. Describe how Harry ends up with the Sword of Gryffindor.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the following:

1. Define irony in literary terms. Discuss the irony of the situation of Harry saving Draco and then Harry is saved by Draco's mother. Find two other instances of irony and analyze them.

2. Define symbolism in literary terms. Discuss the use of and meaning of five symbols you choose to analyze from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. What do they symbolize? Is the symbolism obvious? Effective? Does the symbolism contribute to the enjoyment of reading?

3. Discuss five literary devices that occur in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows and how they are used. Are they effective? Do they add or detract from the reading of the book? Why or why not. Some possible devices: Allusion, connotation, denouement, dialogue, flashback, figurative language, motif, metaphor, narrator, point of view, simile, mood, and puns.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the following:

1. What do you think are the characteristics of a successful novel?

2. Analyze and discuss Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows based upon the criteria you decide upon in #1 and judge if Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is a successful novel. Explain your rationale with specific examples.

3. Do you think the fact that Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows falls within the genre of fantasy changes the criteria upon which its success should be judged? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

In some ways, a novel that includes magic is full of "narrative contrivances." Discuss the following:

1. Define and offer examples of the literary device "narrative contrivance."

2. Does the fact that magic can do or undo almost anything change the way one reads a book whose world includes magic? For example, if one of your favorite characters dies in a world of magic, might there always be the expectation that somehow that character is not really dead, that magic will change the fact? How does a setting that includes magic change the reading experience?

3. Since magic can make almost anything happen (or not happen), then would a book such as Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows not actually need to contain any narrative contrivances? Explain.

4. Why do you think people like to read books about worlds that contain magic? Do you? Explain.

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