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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 the Summer Lady ask Harry when he comments on the statues of Lily in the garden?

2. What does Mother Winter give Harry?

3. What does Lea insist to Harry?

4. What are changelings?

5. Where is the Summer Lady staying?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is the girl on the elevator, what does Harry see in the garden that is connected to Meryl and what does the girl say about it?

2. What does the Summer Lady tell Harry about the Summer and Winter court?

3. Who arrives after Harry escapes from Aurora's trap

4. Where does Lea take Harry? What does he see there?

5. Why does Harry call the White Council and what is the result of that call?

6. What is the mist that comes into the store and what does Harry do about it?

7. What happens to Harry when he goes to the roof of the Rothchild Hotel? What does Talos say and how does Harry respond?

8. Why does Harry go to the airport and what do he and Elaine discuss?

9. What does Aurora tell Harry about what she plans to do with the Summer Knight power? What will result from her actions?

10. Where does the magic carriage take Harry and Elaine and what happens immediately upon arriving there?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

In Summer Knight and indeed in many fantasy novels, there are usually at least several individuals or more who have an almost fanatical devotion to a king or queen or royalty. Queen Aurora has this in Slate.

1. Do you believe such devotion is a sign that a person lacks character? Why or why not? Use examples to support your answer.

2. Discuss the harmful and beneficial effects of devotion to one's leader. Use examples to support your answer.

3. Do you think in modern America such dedication to the President of the United States would be very unusual? Why or why not? Use examples to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Interesting characters contribute a great deal to the success of most novels. Discuss one of the following using specific examples from the text in your discussion:

1. Harry is singly the most important and most visible character of all the characters. Discuss Harry's most prominent character strengths and flaws and how they impact the other characters in the novel.

2. Define the term "character foil" and discuss which characters serve as a "foil" to Harry's character. How do they do so? Why do they do so? How does having a foil to a character help define and make that character more complex? How does it do so in Harry's case?

3. Discuss four secondary characters. What are their flaws and strengths? How do they contribute or detract from Harry's efforts at a normal, quiet life? What is Harry's opinion of each of the four characters? Does he like them? Tolerate them? Admire or despise them? Use specific examples from the text in your discussion.

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