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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. For what does Lolth say the time of troubles coming are?

2. Who kills Ghenni'tiroth in Chapter Ten?

3. What is the name of the sword Catti-brie carries?

4. At what are the dwarves busy doing?

5. When was the chapel of Menzoberranzan's First House damaged?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jarlaxle find out that Baenre will prevail?

2. What does Matron Baenre do in a fit of rage and what is the result of her actions?

3. What does Matron Baenre ask of Methil for her daughters and what happens?

4. At the beginning of the book why is Errtu angered and what does Errtu believe?

5. Why is Harkle Harpell's eyes at King Battlehammer's hall?

6. What happens to Guenhwyvar when Drizzt attempts to send her back to the Astral Plane?

7. Who do Catti-brie and Drizzt talk to as they travel in Chapter Two, what do they ask him, what is his response and what does Drizzt promise him?

8. Why is Errtu angry at Lolth and what does she promise him?

9. What are Jarlaxle's thoughts on the discussion he had with Gromph after Gromph leaves him?

10. What is Catti-brie's sword's name, how did she get the sword and what does the sword want?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Drizzt is in some ways a larger-than-life hero. Despite incredible odds, he usually comes out on top, in Siege of Darkness and in the others in the series. Discuss the following:

1. Does having a larger-than-life hero make that person less of a hero? In other words, which is more admirable--a hero who ultimately always "lands on his feet," or one who strives against impossible odds and doesn't always succeed?

2. Does a character have to be successful in order to be a hero? Explain your answer.

3. Choose one other character besides Drizzt who you might call a hero/heroine and explain why you choose that person. Illustrate your statements with examples from the text.

4. Does every work of fiction have to have a hero? Explain your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Most protagonists are a mixture of admirable traits and character flaws, and Drizzt is no exception. Discuss the following:

1. Trace and analyze situations when Drizzt demonstrates his prodigious powers of military strategy. Give specific examples to illustrate your analysis.

2. Trace and analyze Drizzt's character flaws offering specific examples of these flaws in your discussion.

3. Discuss how you think Drizzt's admirable traits helped him become accepted in a society that is not his place of origin. Have his flaws impacted his life at all? Do any of those under his command seem to notice these flaws? Who? How does the reader know this?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the following:

1. Define irony in literary terms. Discuss the irony of the situation of Belwar being relieved when he learns the city of Bingdenstone has been attacked. Find two other instances of irony and analyze them.

2. Define symbolism in literary terms. Discuss the use of and meaning of five symbols you choose to analyze from SIEGE OF DARKNESS. What do they symbolize? Is the symbolism obvious? Effective? Does the symbolism contribute to the enjoyment of reading?

3. Discuss five literary devices that occur in SIEGE OF DARKNESS and how they are used. Are they effective? Do they add or detract from the reading of the book? Why or why not. Some possible devices: Allusion, connotation, denouement, dialogue, flashback, figurative language, motif, metaphor, narrator, point of view, simile, mood, and puns.

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