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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 happens to the water in Vien in Chapter 45?

2. What does Ven wear for the first time in a long time in Chapter 29?

3. Who comes to eventually get Ven out of prison in Chapter 41?

4. Who is killed in Chapter 37?

5. What does the telegram to Ven say in Chapter 37?

Short Essay Questions

1. What piece of clothing does Ven not get to wear for many months in Part IV?

2. What does Ven tell Merthe about mines?

3. How does Ven escape from the Brotherhood?

4. What does Ven say he thinks the disease in Vien is due to?

5. What does Lah tell Ven about downloading news to his inkstone in Part III?

6. How does Georg kill Lah?

7. What does Ven tell Georg he thinks about the text on holistic cures?

8. What does Georg tell Ven he thinks of him in Chapter 46?

9. In Chapter 35, what does Yue again deny seeing that Ven presses her on?

10. In Chapter 49, what is Georg almost angry at Ven about?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How and when does the Brotherhood use so-called "heretical" information from the Burning Age to strengthen its hold on power? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

What do those living in North's present world learn - and fail to learn - from the mistakes of the Burning Age? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

What does North use the Brotherhood to symbolize, and what are its organizing and core principles? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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