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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. To what does Lucilla compare Duncan's strikes when fighting?

2. Who is Murbella?

3. Who does Lucilla identify as the person in a heavy coat at Ysai?

4. What was the Tyrant's goal?

5. What smell fills Odrade's nostrils as she explores the place the worm takes her?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Duncan's companion, Tormsa?

2. How does Muzzafar escape the Honored Matre?

3. Where does the worm take Odrade, Sheeana and Waff?

4. How does Taraza die?

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

6. What information does Burzmali bring Taraza?

7. Where does Muzzafar take Teg?

8. Why does Odrade want to taste the sand on their excursion into the desert?

9. Why do Sheeana, Waff and Odrade ride into the desert?

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

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

Each ghola the Bene Gesserit has in custody must be awakened to its original memories. The same is true of Duncan Idaho in "Heretics of Dune." Why is it important to awaken these previous memories? What information do they possess? What process does the Bene Gesserit use to awaken the memories? Why are Duncan Idaho's memories important? Use specific examples from the text in the response.

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