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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. How does the king react to Anodos when the king finds out the results of the battle with the three giants?
2. How does Anodos react to the white lady after she wavers between her life form and her stone form?
3. When Anodos investigates the sound of an anvil clanging, what does he discover the two brothers are forging?
4. What does Anodos think about the ceremony he and the knight are observing that makes Anodos want to get close to the front?
5. What do the three giants that Anodos and the two brothers have to battle possess as they threaten the country?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Anodos ignoring about his part in the stories he reads?
2. What desire of Anodos does the knight who leads him to the tower represent?
3. How will Anodos' battle with the two brothers he met inside the tower against the three giants help Anodos deal with the circumstances surrounding his father and brothers?
4. How does Anodos demonstrate immaturity when he touches the white lady on her pedestal?
5. What does moving forward in the abyss represent to Anodos, and what does going back represent?
6. What does Anodos learn from entering the doors in the cottage on the island that helps him accept the love between the knight and the white lady?
7. Compare Anodos' experiences in Fairy Land with the experiences of Cosmo, a character in one of his stories.
8. After Anodos imagines himself reborn in various forms, why does he believe he needs to stay alive?
9. Although little is known about Anodos' family, what speculation can be made about Anodos' father and brothers after Anodos meets the two brothers inside the tower?
10. After Anodos is buried by the knight and the white lady, why does Anodos imagine himself reborn in various forms?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The author uses foreshadowing throughout Phantastes. Give three examples of what you think are the most effective uses of foreshadowing in the story, and why you think these examples are the most effective. Include in your answer what these events foreshadow.
Essay Topic 2
Throughout Phantastes, Anodos interacts with and is controlled by nature. What does the author's opinion about nature seem to be? Why do you think so? Do you think the author gave Anodos the same feelings that he has about nature? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 3
Several components of quality literature include:
1) use of descriptive words
2) use of analogies, metaphors, and similes
3) an attention-grabbing beginning
4) details
5) appealing to the five senses
Is Phantastes an example of quality literature? Why or why not? Give examples from the story using three of the five components of quality literature to explain your answer.
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