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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. Who bursts into the cabin where Egwene and the others are held captive?

2. Where does Egwene find herself as she is sleeping?

3. What does Moiraine decide she should do alone?

4. What does Moiraine make Faile do?

5. What does Moiraine suggest to Faile?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mat finally gain access to the palace in Caemlyn, and what does he overhear about Elayne?

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

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

4. What agreement do Faile and Moiraine reach?

5. Why does Nynaeve seek a Wisdom when they arrive in Tear, and how does the Wisdom help them?

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

7. What does Egwene discover when she visits Tel'Aran'Rhiod?

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

9. Where does Elayne send Mat, and how is he able to escape Tar Valon?

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

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

Symbols are an important part of the story of The Dragon Reborn. Some of the symbols carry over from other books in the series. Discuss one of the following:

1. One of the most important symbols of the entire Wheel of Time series is that of the Dragon. Discuss and analyze using specific examples the symbol of the dragon.

2. One of the characters, Min Farseer, sees symbols circling the heads of many of the characters. Discuss the symbols Min sees circling the heads of three of the characters.

3. There are a number of symbols associated with the presence of good and evil. Discuss these and their meanings.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the following:

1. What do you think are the characteristics of a successful novel?

2. Analyze and discuss The Dragon Reborn based upon the criteria you decide upon in #1, and judge if The Dragon Reborn is a successful novel.

3. Do you think the fact that The Dragon Reborn is a novel in a series changes the criteria upon which its success should be judged? Explain.

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