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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 is another name given to the griffin?

2. What subject does Mal lament having had to study?

3. What color coat do the karkadanns have?

4. What answer does Nighthand give to his riddle?

5. What is the name of the leading dryad?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the significance of pegasan sails?

3. Why does the Immortal have the maze around the Glimourie Tree built?

4. Why do sphinxes ask riddles in the novel?

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

6. Why does the caspasaran not suffice to navigate the maze around the Glimourie Tree?

7. Why does Mal agree to take the potion that will restore her eternal memory?

8. What advice does the ruling sphinx give Irian and Nighthand?

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

10. How did Anja and Nighthand meet?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Similarly, how might the novel be sectioned off for discussion and study other than it currently is? Why might those divisions be appropriate, based on the text and its contexts of composition and reception?

Essay Topic 2

Consider the ending of the novel. Does it satisfy? How or how not?

Essay Topic 3

Explicate the significance of the name of any one character in the text other than Mal.

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