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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. Why does Richard wear a bright red coat to dinner?
2. Why does Verna remove Warren's collar?
3. About what does Richard want to know?
4. Who does Kahlan meet when she enters the Imperial Order's Army camp?
5. What does Richard kill?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happens to Richard, Warren, and Verna when he returns from the woods?
2. What does the Prelate tell Sister Verna?
3. What does Verna point out to Richard on the way to the Palace and how does he feel about it?
4. Why is Richard able to move freely about the palace?
5. Who has taken over the Midlands council?
6. Who does Kahlan find after being rescued and what does he say and do?
7. What amazes Pasha about Richard in the woods and what does Richard do before they return to the palace?
8. What does the council do to Kahlan?
9. What does Kahlan do at the beginning of Chapter 38 concerning the Imperial Army?
10. What happens between Liliana and Richard in the woods?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The reader learns that Richard is destined to fix the devastation that has befallen the land of the Valley of the Lost and help the people that belong there. It would appear that Richard has little choice in his life it is completely guided by destiny or fate.
1. Do you think Richard's life is controlled by destiny? Do you think everyone's life is controlled by destiny? Why or why not?
2. Discuss whether destiny and free will can both exist in a world. Use examples to illustrate your arguments.
3. If fate or destiny was stronger than individual choice discuss why would anyone work towards a goal. Use examples to illustrate your arguments.
Essay Topic 2
Richard has been unable to accept all the different parts of himself. It will be this refusal that keeps him trapped for much of the story. Richard is not unusual. All people have different parts and faces, in private and public.
1. Discuss the reasons you think Richard would have difficulty accepting the different parts of himself. Use examples from the text to support your answer.
2. Discuss the different Richards you have seen in this novel and the differences and similarities between the different parts. Use examples from the text to support your answer.
3. Disscuss the different faces and parts you have in your own life. For example, who you are at school, at home, at church, in a job. Include in your discussion the ways that you are able and unable to integrate those various faces you have and the similarities between them and Richard's different parts.
Essay Topic 3
Politics and manipulation influence much of what happens in Stone of Tears, including some of Richard's choices in response to others attempting to manipulate him. Discuss one of the following:
1. Describe the political situation in Stone of Tears and how it impacts the actions of three of the major characters.
2. Discuss and analyze several people who try to manipulate Richard and his responses to them.
3. Although Richard seems to ignore the political situations in Stone of Tears he still gets embroiled in the politics. Is his disdain for political manipulation naive? Is he ignoring his duties by trying to ignore the politics in Stone of Tears?
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