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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 does the visitor tell the queen?

2. What bothers the Great Ones the most about Milamber?

3. What does the man in do while eating lunch?

4. What was the name of the man in the room who was giving the orders?

5. What will the Tsurani add to the war in the spring?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Arutha when he runs to escape?

2. What does the man in black give the young man everyday?

3. Who brings news to Arutha about the Tsurani and who is winning the war?

4. What does Princess Anita do when she enters the room and what does she say?

5. What does the queen do after the battle in relationship to Thomas? Explain why the queen's actions may be a foreshadowing of future events.

6. What happens when Amos wakes and what is the gist of his and Trevor's conversation?

7. What is the gist of Anita and Arutha's conversation about Pug?

8. Why do the soldiers in the army tend to obey Thomas? What can you infer about Thomas from this?

9. What does Arutha decide to do?

10. Who are the Valheru and why would anyone want any of their artifacts? What can you infer about the Valheru from their artifacts effect on people?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In chapter 7, Princess Anita is smuggled on board in order to escape a forced marriage with Guy du Bas-Tyra, who wants to use Anita as a means to gain the throne. Anita announces to her cousin, Arutha, that their parents had intended them to marry for the sake of the kingdom ever since the two were quite young. In many cultures both in fantasy and the "real" world, women have no say over who they marry--even in the Western world up until the 20th century, women were often forced to marry for political or social expediency. Discuss one of the following:

1. How would you react if you were told at a very early age who you would marry? Would you be willing to obey your parents knowing that there is very little future for an unmarried woman.

2. Even though women have been controlled as far as marriage for centuries, some men are just as "stuck" with an unwanted marriage partner as a women--these are usually nobles who must marry to keep or raise the standing of their families. If you are a man and are told who you would marry and you found that person quite unacceptable, would you give up money and position to defy your parents?

3. Why do you think forced marriages are occurring less and less often even in countries where woman are still quite oppressed?

Essay Topic 2

Magician, Master falls in the genre called fantasy. Discuss the following:

1. What is the definition of genre? Fantasy genre? How do you know Magician, Master falls in the genre of fantasy? Give examples.

2. Other than entertainment, why do you think people might read fantasy?

3. Fantasy is sometimes considered second-rate fiction--i.e., that it is not good enough to be studied in academe. Why do you think this is true? Do you think it is a valid argument?

4. What might someone learn from reading fantasy?

Essay Topic 3

When Tsurani slaves are captured along with Tsurani guards, the slaves suffer the same punishment as the guards--at least until Thomas is stopped from killing any more of either group. Discuss the following:

1. If one is a slave, should s/he be held accountable for an action s/he takes when ordered to do so by his/her master?

2. Should a slave refuse to commit something such as murder even if the refusal would result in the slave's death?

3. Who is morally responsible for a slave's actions who is following the orders of the master--the slave, the master or both?

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