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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 does Eilan change during the next ritual so that she can be in contact with the Goddess, but not in a trance-like state?

2. For how long does Eilan want to keep the girls in order to help them adjust?

3. Who decides that he will go save them after hearing the some soldiers have a bet to see who can rape a priestess at the Forest House?

4. What does Eilan reveal about what she and Gaius share when Senara shows her new love to Eilan?

5. Who begins to feel a weakness in her brain and she also begins to wonder if she might die?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to the translations of Ardanos during the ritual of the Oracle?

2. What happens after Eilan learns that the Emperor dead?

3. What is Lhiannon's thought process about choosing her successor as a high priestess?

4. What is the task that Julia wants Gaius to accomplish before they can agree to marry each other?

5. What happens during the next rites of the Oracle when Eilan takes the trance herbs again?

6. What is the reason behind Julia not wanting to have any more children with Gaius?

7. What does Caillean ask of Eilan to permit at the hut at the Forest House?

8. Once Gawen is born, what is the promise that Gaius makes to Eilan and to his child?

9. What does Eilan want Senara to do with her son when she had the vision of Caillean?

10. What are some of the ways in which Caillean wants to run her new house differently from the Forest House?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Caillean had hidden the secret of her rape as she was worried that she might not have been accepted as a priestess if they had found out.

Part 1: Why do you think a priestess would not be accepted if she had been raped?

Part 2: Do you think Caillean should have been more honest about her background?

Part 3: How do you think the priestesses would have responded to Caillean if she had told them about her past?

Essay Topic 2

At the midsummer festival, it is custom to all the king to sleep with anyone he wishes to sleep with.

Part 1: Why do you think the king is granted the ability to sleep with anyone at solstice?

Part 2: Do you think that the king has more power than the priestesses?

Part 3: What does the process of the king sleeping with a priestess or other women achieve for the community?

Essay Topic 3

At first, there is speculation that Eilan will be killed for having become pregnant. But, instead, Ardanos decides to hide the pregnancy from the others.

Part 1: Why do you think that a person might be killed for having gotten pregnant?

Part 2: How do you think you might respond if you were in Ardanos' shoes and had found out about Eilan?

Part 3: Do you think that Ardanos made the right choice in helping to conceal the pregnancy of Eilan?

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