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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 does Egwene visit the Heart of the Stone?

2. What does Perrin do that forces the group to flee Remen immediately?

3. What does Comar tell Mat before Comar dies?

4. Why does one town burn to the ground?

5. Why does Nynaeve seek out a Wisdom?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Zarine Bashere come to join the group Moiraine is leading?

3. How do Egwene, Nynaeve and Elayne escape the Myrddraal?

4. What does Moiraine's group notice as they are traveling towards Tear?

5. What does Juilian learn about Liandrin and the other black ajah Aes Sedai?

6. How do Mat and Thom come to find out where Nynaeve, Egwene and Elayne are?

7. What is the result of Mat's first attempt to deliver Elayne's letter to her mother?

8. What is Perrin able to smell and how does that help them in an inn in Illian?

9. Who does Mat save and how does the person reward Mat?

10. Why does Lan go after Moiraine even though she told him to set out for Tar Valon?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Though it is not a part of The Dragon Reborn, the readers are given enough information to learn that Rand A'Thor was, up until a short time ago, a shepherd in a small village in Two Rivers. Discuss the following:

1. How do you think Rand has changed from who he was before Moiraine comes to his village to the Rand he is in The Dragon Reborn?

2. Why do you think Jordan chooses a young, unknown man to be the hero of the series?

3. How would the book have been different if Rand had been a prince?

4. How would the book have been different if the Dragon Reborn had been a female?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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