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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 is going on in Almoth Plain that Moiraine keeps her group from joining?

2. Who has been murdered by unknown assailants?

3. What do the Seanchan do with women who can channel?

4. What is one thing Mat remembers since taking the dagger?

5. To where is Hurin traveling?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are novices raised to the level of Accepted?

2. What sort of prophetic dreams has Egwene been having?

3. Describe Egwene's third vision.

4. What is Moiraine's explanation about the dreams the group all had in common about Callandor during the night?

5. What does Min tell Perrin about symbols she sees around him?

6. Describe Perrin's dream of the man in black who offers him wine.

7. Why does Nynaeve decide to find Mat and attempt to heal him herself?

8. Describe Egwene's second vision.

9. Who is Leya and what does Min see about her?

10. What does Else Grimwell reveal to Nynaeve, Egwene and Elayne and what are the three's thoughts about it?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Several of the Forsaken appear in The Dragon Reborn. Discuss the following:

1. Who are the Forsaken and what is their role in the Wheel of Time series (You should be able to figure this out through what is said in The Dragon Reborn.

2. Compare/contrast the Forsaken with those in power that are supposedly on the "good" side--such as the Aes Sedai, the Whitecloaks and some Aiel.

3. Is it realistic to think that any human is totally evil as it seems the Forsaken are?

Essay Topic 2

Siuan Sanche sends Egwene, Nynaeve and Elayne to Tear to search out the Aes Sedai who are darkfriends. Discuss the following:

1. Is it responsible for Sanche to send three relatively young women who are also not highly trained in the use of saidar to possibly go up against experienced Aes Sedai who also outnumber them?

2. Do you think that extraordinary and dangerous times warrants doing things that are unorthodox and not necessarily ethical?

3. Many inexperienced women and men volunteered to act as agents in France to gain intelligence for the British government during WWII? Is that a similar type of situation as that which Egwene, Elayne and Nynaeve are doing? (You may need to do a little research about the British agents in France during WWII. Was it moral for the British to send in fairly young and inexperienced men and women as agents in a very dangerous situation? What about the fact that they were volunteers?

Essay Topic 3

Whenever reading a science fiction or fantasy novel, one must become familiar with new terminology that explains concepts or ideas that are not a part of the "real" world. In the case of The Dragon Reborn, much of the setting may seem familiar to the reader (i.e. there are woods, mountains, rivers, oceans, etc.), though there are new ideas and terms to learn. Discuss the following:

1. Find five terms that are a part of the world of The Dragon Reborn that occur in the "real" world but are used differently in The Dragon Reborn.

2. Define the words as used in in The Dragon Reborn's world and compare those five words as to how they are currently used in the American English language.

3. There are ways of learning about a new world or time when reading a science fiction or fantasy novel. Discuss the ways you were able to understand the world of The Dragon Reborn. Did you have to look up any words? What does it mean to learn a word through its context? Do you have to do that in The Dragon Reborn? What word(s)?

4. Were there any words you never really understood from The Dragon Reborn? Which ones?

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