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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. What did the witch require of the moredhel?

2. What brought out the worst in Carline's nature?

3. What does Lyam order the guards to do?

4. Why was Carline to be shamed by her love affair?

5. What did the Duke of Yabon consider an inconvenience?

Short Essay Questions

1. What struck Jimmy about the men at the next table in the Inn?

2. How had Arutha and Anita gotten to know each other?

3. What did the clergy people reveal about what they had learned regarding the beast they had fought.

4. Why did Jimmy state that they "should have waited on the temples' pleasure"?

5. Why did Jimmy want to tell Arutha what had been going on, and what he had witnessed with the assassin?

6. What did the Moredhel command the people he was with to do following the witch's reading?

7. What are the views Jimmy harbors regarding the nobility?

8. Why did the old witch gasp at the sight of the central figure when he removed his cloak?

9. Why did Jimmy come and tell the Prince his life was in jeopardy instead of reporting to the Mockers as he ought to have?

10. What made the Moredhel hard to kill?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The theme of love conquering all is present in this story. Do you think this is a realistic view of love? Why or why not? What makes it unrealistic? What lends it some realism? Is this a good theme to revolve a plot around? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Throughout the novel, knowledge of some kind or another is utilized. How is each person in the party capable of a specialization? Which specialization is most applicable in a majority of situations? Which characters traits and specialties serve Arutha most frequently and how? Which character's traits and specialties serve Arutha least frequently?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Princess Carline's need to make formal the arrangements between herself and Laurie. What reasons did she give to him for this desire? Were these reasons rational, or emotional in nature? What was the hidden meaning behind her words that he would "become a memory"? Explain your answer using quotes from the book.

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