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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the ruling sphinx?
(a) Jakan.
(b) Naravirala.
(c) Ariel.
(d) Behlib.

2. Which guise of the Immortal erected the maze around the Glimourie Tree?
(a) Ahmed Telos.
(b) Duncan Macleod.
(c) Marik.
(d) Heletha of Antiok.

3. What answer does Irian give to her riddle?
(a) Breath.
(b) Book.
(c) Time.
(d) Egg.

4. Where does Mal bite Adam?
(a) The leg.
(b) The hand.
(c) The neck.
(d) The face.

5. What is the name of the leading dryad?
(a) Erato.
(b) Clio.
(c) Euterpe.
(d) Thalia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who designs the maze around the Glimourie Tree?

2. Which of the following is explicitly disclaimed as a metaphor?

3. How high is the cliff Christopher must climb to reach the sphinxes?

4. With what kind of coin does Christopher pay the fortune-teller?

5. What gem is Anja wearing when she approaches after the death of Gelifen?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do sphinxes ask riddles in the novel?

2. What is the Somnulum, and what does it do?

3. What will happen if the Glimourie Tree is destroyed?

4. What is the significance of pegasan sails?

5. What is the particular tragedy of Gelifen’s death?

6. What is the significance of Nighthand being stabbed by a karkadann horn?

7. Why are Mal and Christopher instructed to wash before approaching a dragon?

8. What functions do the wardens on the Island of Murderers serve?

9. Why had Anja been complicit in the attack on Mal?

10. Why is Mal apprehensive about approaching the palace of the Immortal?

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