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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 do Harry, Ron and Hermione learn the truth about Albus Dumbledore's family?
2. Who do goblins consider as the owner of an object?
3. By what is Harry repulsed when he wakes in a different realm?
4. What does Hermione want to ask Xenophilius Lovegood?
5. Who did Dumbledore mean to have the Elder Wand?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Professor McGonagall and the other teachers do as Harry begins his search for the diadem?
2. What happens to Severius Snape.
3. What does Harry figure out about the Elder wand and what does he see Voldemort do in relation to the Elder wand?
4. What does Alberforth Dumbledore tell Harry, Hermione and Ron about his sister, Ariana?
5. How is Harry repaid from a previous mercy he showed Wormtail?
6. Sum up the status of Harry, Hermione and Ron nineteen years later.
7. Describe the encounter with Crabbe, Goyle and Draco and the destruction of the diadem.
8. Describe how Harry ends up with the Sword of Gryffindor.
9. After jumping off the dragon, what does Harry see with his connection with Voldemort?
10. Where do Harry and Hermione decide to go and why?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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.
Essay Topic 2
Loyalty is demonstrated in a number of ways, as is the lack of loyalty. Though Harry Potter has decided to not return to Hogwarts and to embark upon a dangerous mission, his best friends, Hermione and Ron decide to join him. Though Potter appreciates their loyalty, he tries to dissuade them to no avail. Discuss the following:
1. How do you define loyalty? Is the ability and desire to be loyal an admirable trait in humans? Why or why not? What are the advantages and disadvantages of being loyal to a person? Cause? Country? Idea? What of those who are loyal to something no matter what they learn about that person, thing, ideal, or country or in other words, blind loyalty.
2. Discuss and analyze why you think Ron and Hermione are loyal to Harry. Is it warranted? Wise? Earned? What other instances of loyalty occur in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows? Is Bellatrix's loyalty to Voldemort admirable?
3. What other admirable traits besides loyalty occur in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows? Discuss fully two of those traits with specific examples.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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