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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 calls Mona "Mama"?

2. How old is Mona?

3. Who is Lasher?

4. How old is Mary Jane?

5. What is wrong with Rowen?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Marklin, Tommy and Stuart discover when they go to the Motherhouse and what do the Talmasca offer Stuart? How does Stuart respond?

2. What does Yuri tell Michael and Rowan Samuel said and why is Ash in the country?

3. What happens when Ash meets Tessa?

4. What does Mona crave when she wakes and why does Ryan come by the house?

5. What does Yuri tell Ash when Ash arrives in London?

6. What does Ash do first when he goes to the Talmasca's Motherhouse?

7. Where does Ashland live, and why does he hire a young woman?

8. What does Mona find out at the doctor's office, and what does she want to ask Rowan about it?

9. What does Ash do when he drives to Donnelaith and what does he hear?

10. What does Ash say is the reason humans want to find a Taltos and what does Yuri say about someone who could bear a Taltos child?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Most fantasy novels, and in some sense, most novels, deal with the concept of good and evil. Discuss the following:

1. What are the forces allied with "good" in Taltos's world and what forces are allied with "evil"?

2. How does one distinguish good from evil? How is good distinguished from evil in Taltos's world?

3. Is there a universal consensus on what constitutes good or evil? Why or why not?

4. Do you generally agree with the ideas of good and evil in Taltos? Why or why not?

5. What are several examples of good and evil in your culture? Do you agree with these ideas? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss one of the following:

1. Trace and analyze the theme of growth in Taltos. Consider the following questions as you write: What characters are most concerned with growth? Why? What are some symbols of growth? Symbols of rigidity? What characters seem rigid?

2. Trace and analyze the theme of courage in Taltos. Which characters struggle with this issue? Why? Which characters seem to possess courage? Why?

3. Trace and analyze the theme of death in Taltos. Consider the death of whole races such as the Taltos or the Little People. Include the homicides that happen in Taltos.

Essay Topic 3

Oftentimes, a book has more of a character-driven plot rather than action driven, and oftentimes the other way. Some books seem to balance the two. Discuss the following:

1. What do you think it means to say that a plot is character driven? Action driven?

2. How do you think a plot differs if it is character driven versus action driven?

3. Which type of plot do you find more interesting? Why?

4. Do you think it is possible to have a plot where action and character development share equal time? Why or why not.

5. What type of plot do you think Taltos is? Explain your response.

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