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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. How is Ron able to find Harry and Hermione?
2. Who does Hermione impersonate with polyjuice?
3. What happens when the three apperate?
4. About what is the "Tale of the Three Brothers"?
5. Who is Bathilda Bagshot?
Short Essay Questions
1. In what room do Harry, Hermione, Ron and other allies gather?
2. How do Harry, Ron and Hermione escape from Gringotts after being discovered?
3. What is the agreement Harry and Griphook make?
4. What does Dumbledore tell Harry about Voldemort and Harry's connection?
5. After jumping off the dragon, what does Harry see with his connection with Voldemort?
6. How is Harry repaid from a previous mercy he showed Wormtail?
7. Who do Harry, Ron and Hermione question about the Elder wand?
8. Why does Ron ask Harry to stop saying Voldemort's name out loud?
9. Where do Harry and Hermione decide to go and why?
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
In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, there are other sentient beings besides humans, though they seem to have a lesser status than humans. Discuss the following:
1. List and describe all the sentient and non-human beings.
2. Why do you think most of the the non-human and sentient beings are accorded lesser status? Is it fair? Are they inferior to human beings?
3. Are there any characters who seem to accord the non-human and sentient beings equal status with their own? Who? If not, why not?
4. Why do you think Rowlings creates a world where non-humans are of lesser status?
Essay Topic 2
In the books that came earlier in the Harry Potter series, Albus Dumbledore is portrayed as extremely wise, good, powerful and always making the right choices. In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, readers begin seeing the "shadow" side to Albus Dumbledore. Discuss the following:
1. Thoroughly analyze what is known and revealed about Albus Dumbledore in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Does the information about his younger life make him less of a hero or good person? Why or why not? Does he seem more real after the revelations? Why or why not?
2. Who in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows seems to be the most complex character? Why? Does s/he have both a good and shadow side? Explore that character fully, comparing and contrasting him/her different facets to his/her personality.
3. Is Voldemort a rounded or flat character? Explain.
4. Does reading the last book in a series of seven make it difficult to see the characters as rounded since much of who they are is revealed in earlier books? Explain your response.
Essay Topic 3
Whenever reading a science fiction or fantasy novel, one must become familiar with new terminology that explains concepts or technology that is not a part of the "real" world. In the case of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, much of the setting is familiar to the reader, though there are new ideas and terms to learn. Discuss the following:
1. Find five terms that are a part of Harry Potter's world that occur in the "real" world but are used differently in Potter's world. Define the words as used in in Harry Potter's world and compare those five words as to how they are currently used in the American English language.
2. There are ways of learning about a new world or time when reading a science fiction or fantasy novel. Discuss the ways you were able to understand the world of Harry Potter. Did you have to look up any words? What does it mean to learn a word through its context? Do you have to do that in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows? What word(s)?
4. Were there any words you never really understood from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows and which ones are they?
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