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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 is Bensell killed?

2. Why does Uthegental attempt to reach Keeper's Dale?

3. What does Bensell asks Berkthgar to do?

4. In Chapter Twenty-Two what door do the drow locate?

5. In Chapter Sixteen what does Drizzt tell Catti-brie about her behavior in his room when she propositioned him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Drizzt do with the figurine in Chapter Thirteen?

2. What has Uthegental been told to do about Blingdenstone but what does he do? What does he find?

3. Why might those in Keeper's Dale have a rough battle?

4. Why does Errtu decide to obey Lolth?

5. Why does Matron Baenre want a cavern, what does Jarlaxle want to do about the battle and what does Methil suggest to him?

6. What does Drizzt discuss in his prologue to Chapter Twenty-Three?

7. Who are the first group on the dwarf side to see battle and what kind of different weapon do they use?

8. What overwhelms Bidderdoo and what is his reaction to being attacked by a kobold?

9. What does Drizzt discuss in his letter before Chapter Seventeen about the dwarfs and what does he say about them?

10. Why is the way to the west closed to Bensell?

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. What is a plot? What are the most important elements of a plot and their definition? Do all novels have a plot? Why or why not?

2. Write a brief synopsis of the plot of SIEGE OF DARKNESS, identifying where the various elements of the plot occur (Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution or denouement). Do you find it difficult to identify the plot? Why or why not? What about the various elements of the plot?

3. Identify the major sub-plots and their elements (They may not contain every element of a major plot). Do the sub-plots add to the main plot? Why or why not. Are the sub-plots interesting in and of themselves? Why or why not.

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