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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 Arutha give the Fuller?

2. What does the abbey better resemble?

3. What did Jimmy do to stop this from continuing?

4. What color and shade belonged to the Prince's guard and thus everyone was garbed in?

5. What was the name of the popular brothel in Krondor?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What character traits do all three of Borric's sons possess?

5. What made the Moredhel hard to kill?

6. What kinds of things did Jimmy know about the sewers?

7. What revelation added double meaning to the Princes' remark that himself and Jimmy were already friends?

8. Why was Jimmy in trouble, and why was the Upright Man willing to spare him?

9. Why hadn't Laurie revealed his decision to Carline sooner?

10. Why were the 'Dog Soldiers' called that?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the character of Jimmy the Hand throughout the novel. How does he adapt to the situation? What makes him seem a little less realistic as a person? What gives him depth as a character?

Essay Topic 2

Every character who serve's Arutha gets rewarded. Do you think this sends the wrong message to the public that good deeds always are rewarded? Explain your answer. Which character gained no further reward? Why do you think this was?

Essay Topic 3

Describe Princess Carline's love for Laurie. Is it a mature, or immature love? How does the reader know? Describe Carline's faults. How do these lend to the image that Carline's love is immature? How do her character traits argue that the former is true?

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