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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. To what are Egwene and Elayne raised?

2. Where do Moiraine, Rand and some others hide out after Mat and his group leave?

3. Who does Egwene marry in her vision of Emond's Field?

4. To where is Mat Cauthon being escorted?

5. Who upbraids Elayne about disappearing?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How are Etwene, Nynaeve and Elayne treated publicly versus privately once they are back in the White Tower?

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

5. How does Siuan change the status of Nynaeve and Egwene and what does she task them with?

6. Who are the Aiel and the Tuatha'an?

7. What reports have been coming out of some villages about young men who look like Rand?

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

9. About what do Rand and Moiraine argue, and what does Rand do?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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

Rand often makes decisions based upon his own emotional response to the position he finds himself in as the Dragon Reborn. Discuss the following:

1. Do you think Rand should listen to other older, more experienced advisers more?

2. How much of Rand's actions seem based in logic versus reaction to things around him? Would Rand do better to base his decisions more on logic than emotions.?

3. Is it probable that a young, inexperienced former sheep herder has the ability to suddenly assume leadership of many countries? Why or why not.

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