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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 color is the brand on the regional commander's forehead?

2. Who owns the car Teg rides in?

3. What does Waff call Sheeana?

4. What is one of the first Bene Gesserit skills?

5. According to Odrade and the Tyrant, the Bene Gesserit are nothing without what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Odrade discover in the basin after solving a puzzle to find an opening?

2. Why do Teg, Lucilla and Duncan leave the no-globe?

3. What does Odrade question about her discovery in desert?

4. What does Taraza think is strange about Chapter House Planet?

5. How does Muzzafar escape the Honored Matre?

6. What does Teg notice about Duncan's fighting abilities in the no-globe?

7. Why does Taraza examine old files on previous gholas?

8. What information does Burzmali bring Taraza?

9. How do the Bene Gesserit "shape the fulfillment of their designs"?

10. To what does Teg compare his experience with the T-probe?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Duncan Idaho plays a central role in "Heretics of Dune." Why is Duncan Idaho important? What is his role in the story? How does he influence the other characters in the story? Use specific references to the text in the response.

Essay Topic 2

The leading women of the Bene Gesserit refer to themselves as "Reverend Mothers." Explore the reasoning and significance behind this title. What powers or control do the Reverend Mothers possess that makes their title appropriate? What else does that title insinuate? Is the title appropriate or not and why? Use specific references to the text in the response.

Essay Topic 3

Sheeana has a central role in the "Heretics of Dune." What is Sheeana's importance to the story? What is her overall role? How does she become a main character? What does Sheeana represent? Use specific examples from the text in the response.

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