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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. How is Mat Cauthon as the group approach Tar Valon?

2. Who does Byar name as a darkfriend when talking with Jaret?

3. Who is killed trying to save Perrin?

4. Who sounded the Horn of Valere?

5. What does the woman in white tell Mat about the Aes Sedai?

Short Essay Questions

1. What effect does Rand have on the town of Jarra?

2. Why should the Children of Light be allies and what aren't they?

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

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

5. Why is Mat so hungry in the next few days after he is healed?

6. Who is Pedron Niall and what is in the report Pedron Niall receives?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Titles often play a vital role in making a person decide to read a particular book. Discuss the following:

1. Fully explain why you think The Dragon Reborn is titled as such. Do you think it is the best title for the book? Why or why not? Can you think of a better title? Why would you choose it?

2. How important is a title in influencing you to consider reading a book? Explain your answer.

3. Do you think a title needs to have direct relevance to a book's content? Explain your answer.

4. Have you ever read a book that when you finished, you do not understand the relevance of the title? Does it discourage you from "trusting" that particular author again?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss one of the following:

1. Define irony in literary terms. Discuss the irony of the situation that Egwene uses the Dream World to disable Amico in the real world in order for her, Elayne and Nynaeve to escape. What other irony can you find in The Dragon Reborn? Do you think irony enhances the book? Why or why not.

2. Define symbolism in literary terms. Discuss the use and meaning of five symbols you choose to analyze from The Dragon Reborn. What do they symbolize? Is the symbolism obvious? Effective? Does the symbolism contribute to the enjoyment of reading?

3. Discuss five literary devices that occur in The Dragon Reborn and how they are used. Are they effective? Do they add or detract from the reading of the book? Why or why not. Some possible devices: Allusion, connotation, denouement, dialogue, flashback, figurative language, motif, metaphor, narrator, point of view, simile, mood, and puns.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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