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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. Who is Ronald Reuel?

2. Where is Winter Lady?

3. What had Justin tried to do?

4. Who is Susan?

5. What does the Gatekeeper want to wait for before voting?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Harry tell Toot-Toot when he arrives, what is his response? How does Harry reassure him?

3. What does Morgan do when he comes to Harry's when Elaine is there?

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

5. What happened that caused Harry to seclude himself and how is he dealing with it?

6. What line of work is Murphy in and why would Harry go see her?

7. Why are Billy and his friends worried about Harry, what does Harry tell Billy and why does Harry get even angerier at Billy?

8. What does Wizard LaFortier state to the council, what is his opinion of Harry and what is Harry's argument against LaFortier?

9. What does Mab tell Harry he must do in order to be free of her?

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. Trace and analyze the theme of power throughout Summer Knight. Who has power? Who is powerless? How important is power? How is power transferred?

2. Trace and analyze the theme of magic throughout Summer Knight. Who can use magic? How does magic change the setting? The plot? The characters?

3. Trace and analyze the theme of evil throughout Summer Knight. Is Aurora evil? What about the members of the Red Court? Morgan? Elaine? How does one decide if a person is evil?

Essay Topic 2

Summer Knight falls in the genre called fantasy. Discuss the following:

1. What is the definition of genre? Fantasy genre? How do you know Summer Knight falls in the genre of fantasy? Give examples.

2. Other than entertainment, why do you think people might read fantasy?

3. Fantasy is sometimes considered second-rate fiction or that it is not good enough to be studied in academe. Why do you think this is true? Do you think it is a valid argument?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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