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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 does Harry realize about his Godmother and Mab?

2. What does Dresden use to identify Ms. Sommerset as a fairy?

3. Who is Ms. Sommerset?

4. How does Harry feel about Mab owning his contract?

5. What does Grum ask Harry to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Maeve say she wants for answering Harry's question and what is Harry's response?

2. What are the knights of the courts, why do they exist? What does Harry realize when discussing his case with Bob?

3. Why does Harry eliminate Maeve as Ronald's killer?

4. What does a homeless woman in the park do and how do Billy and Harry respond?

5. What does the man in Ronald's apartment smell and what does he and Harry do?

6. Describe Harry's dream about Susan from Chapter 10.

7. What does Billy wonder might be related to the current problems with magic in town? How does Harry act in response to Billy's ideas?

8. Who is Ebenezer McCoy and what does he tell Harry? Why are they angry at each other. What two council members say they will vote with McCoy?

9. What happens while Billy and Harry talk with a truck of men? How does Harry respond?

10. What is the conundrum Elaine and Harry are in concerning the crimes in the Summer and Winter courts?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss one of the following:

1. Thoroughly analyze how the setting informs the plot in Summer Knight.

2. Trace and analyze one major theme of Summer Knight. How is the theme represented by symbolism, by the characters' behaviors, or by the action?

3. Trace and analyze two secondary themes of Summer Knight. How are the themes represented by symbolism, by the characters' behaviors, or by the action?

Essay Topic 2

There are a number of deaths that take place in Summer Knight. It would seem that the book has a higher rate of murder and death than real life.

1. Discuss why it was necessary to the plot of the book for the Summer Knight to be murdered. Use examples from the book to support your answer.

2. Do you think the death of Meryl added anything to Summer Knight? Why or why not? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

3. In the end, Aurora and Slate were killed. Discuss why their deaths were necessary to the plot. Use examples from the book to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Summer Knight has a number of different themes.

1. Trace and analyze the theme of violence in Summer Knight. Does the amount of violence seem comparable to most fantasy books? Does there seem to be violence that is not necessary?

2. Trace and analyze the theme of murder in Summer Knight. Is murder treated carelessly? Does murder seem to mean more or less than in the real world?

3. Trace and analyze the theme of betrayal in Summer Knight. Was Slate's betrayal of Mab bad as opposed to Elaine's betrayal of Aurora? Why?

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