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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 Esme's father?

2. Which word best describes Scythe Goddard's technique?

3. Who is the young girl at Goddard's estate?

4. What does Scythe Faraday mistake a seduction for?

5. What does Scythe Goddard enjoy that Scythe Curie does not?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Scythe Goddard compare his role to the Thunderhead's role?

2. What does Rowan think of Scythe Volta?

3. Who does Gerald Van Der Gans turn out to be?

4. What does Scythe Goddard welcome Rowan to in Part 3, Chapter 25?

5. What does Scythe Goddard decide Rowan must do for the first time in Part 4, Chapter 35?

6. What does the Thunderhead tell Citra about her future?

7. What did Scythe Goddard plan to do with the two apprentices after Scythe Faraday's death?

8. What does Scythe Faraday lament in the Epigraph before Chapter 33?

9. How does Rowan feel about his growing abilities?

10. What does Rowan do for the Tonists in the cloister?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In the end, Scythe Volta questions his life and gladly accepts death. What makes him doubt his purpose? How does this mirror H.S. Curie's earlier journals?

Essay Topic 2

What do Scythes Curie and Faraday mean when they tell Citra that things are more than they seem or can be understood?

Essay Topic 3

H.S. Faraday wrote that he continuously prays for guidance and courage. Why does he need those qualities? What does he equate desensitization to?

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