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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. Who is the Minister for Energy?

2. In Chapter 18, who does Georg muse does not want to fight?

3. In Chapter 18, what scourge befalls the Brotherhood?

4. What kind of place do Ven, Vae, and Yue live in?

5. Who forces Ven to work for him in Part I?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Yue, Ven, and Vae know each other?

2. What does Ven seem to think of Georg when they first meet?

3. How does Vae die?

4. What does Georg's security man threaten to do to Ven in Part I when they first meet?

5. What does The Brotherhood stand for?

6. What does Yue say she saw in the forest at age 12 instead of the kakuy?

7. What destruction befalls the Brotherhood's headquarters shortly after the temple raids?

8. How does Jia react to the temple raids?

9. What is Pav's job?

10. What are the kakuy and what do they do?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Ven help bring about the end of the war towards the end of the novel, and why does he do this? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

How does Ven interpret and make sense of the vast amounts of data from the Burning Age that it is his job to sort through? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

How are characters like Lah, Ven, and others driven or motivated by religious beliefs? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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