Shadow & Claw Test | Final Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 121 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Shadow & Claw Test | Final Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 121 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. When Severian meets up with the group in the garden at the House of Absolute, who embraces him?

2. What does Dorcas do when she realizes that Severian and Jonas made love?

3. What reason does Severian give for understanding if the reader no longer wishes to travel with him at the end of the book?

4. What does Dorcas reveal she has remembered when she sees Severian at the House of Absolute?

5. Severian and Dorcas decide that Jolenta's wounds were caused by what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What prompts Severian to leave the cave where he was attacked by beasts?

2. Why does Dorcas cry when Severian and Jolenta return from the rivers edge?

3. What does the magic fountain show Severian when he throws a coin into it?

4. During the last play in the book, what happens that makes Severian think there will be a lot of trouble?

5. What does Severian say about the magic fountain that leads the reader to believe it may have been correct about Severian's future?

6. What happens to Jolenta after she dies?

7. Why does Barnoch look half dead when Severian first sees him?

8. Why does Severian gain Thecla's memories and thoughts?

9. What happens when Severian shows the Claw in the cave while the beasts are surrounding him?

10. How does Jonas hope to find a way to fix himself?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What changes does Severian undergo from the beginning of Shadow & Claw to the end? What events facilitate his growth?

Essay Topic 2

Death is treated with much ceremony and dignity throughout Shadow & Claw. What does this treatment of death reveal about Severian? What does it reveal about the author's own thoughts on death?

Essay Topic 3

How does the author portray women in Shadow & Claw? Does the way in which he describes female characters and the way the characters act show a respect for women or does it show disrespect? Do you think this feeling is that of the author or is it merely a reflection of Severian's character?

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