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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 do Liandrian, Rianna, Amico, and Joiya do when Elayne and Nynaeve are returning to their quarters?

2. What is Samon's other name?

3. Who warns Egwene?

4. What does Lan find that makes him go after Moiraine?

5. How does Egwene visit the Heart of the Stone?

Short Essay Questions

1. What agreement do Faile and Moiraine reach?

2. What does Mat learn from Master Gill about the task of delivering the letter?

3. How do Nynaeve, Egwene, and Elayne come to encounter some Maidens of the Spear?

4. What does Siuan Sanche say about the sword called Callandor?

5. What does Perrin observe in the wolf dream with Hopper's help?

6. What do the Maidens of the Spear need and how does Nynaeve help them?

7. How does Faile become bewitched and who decides to help her?

8. Who helps Mat deliver Elayne's letter to Queen Morgase?

9. How does Perrin come by a large hammer when he arrives in Tear?

10. What happens when Egwene and Nynaeve awake in a small room after being captured?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Women play very strong roles in The Dragon Reborn, though it is males who are the main "heroes" in The Dragon Reborn. Discuss the following:

1. Why do you think men are more often portrayed as "heroes" than woman?

2. Do you think men in general are more likely to be heroes that woman? Why or why not?

3. Do you think the way heroic actions are defined tends to make it seem that men are more likely to be heroes? Why or why not.

4. Would you enjoy The Dragon Reborn as much if the Dragon Reborn were a female instead of Rand? Why or why not.

Essay Topic 2

Jordan treats the world of dreams as an actual world where what happens there can impact people when not in the dream world; for example, if one is killed in the dream world, they are dead in "real life." Discuss one of the following:

1. Trace and analyze how both Egwene and Perrin become more and more experienced in the dream world from the beginning of The Dragon Reborn to the end.

2. Describe and analyze Tel'Aran'Rhiod, and how it impacts the plot in The Dragon Reborn.

3. Why do you think Jordan includes the world of Tel'Aran'Rhiod in his Wheel of Time series?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss one of the following:

1. Thoroughly analyze how the setting informs the plot in The Dragon Reborn.

2. Trace and analyze one major theme of The Dragon Reborn. How is the theme represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?

3. Trace and analyze two secondary themes of The Dragon Reborn. How are the themes represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?

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