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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. About what is Troy eager?

2. Who is Caerroil Wildwood?

3. What does Caerroil Wildwood do as Fleshharrow's army gets deep inside Garroting Deep?

4. Why does Troy think it is night when he wakes?

5. What is the shimmering?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to one of the Ranyhyn and what does Elena do?

2. How do Covenant and Elena finally learn the name of the Seventh Ward?

3. What is Troy's strategy for his army at the opening of Chapter 19?

4. What does Troy do when he notices a shimmering during the Council meeting in Loresraat?

5. What does Elena believe about High Lord Kevin and what is Covenant's opinion about what she says?

6. Why does Troy wonder if he will ever sleep again?

7. Who does Elena choose for the trip with Amok and how does Troy react?

8. What information is the Council finally able to coax out of Amok, and what do some of the Council members think about what they learn?

9. To what does Amok agree and why does Elena want to go with Amok?

10. How does Covenant feel after refusing Elena's sexual advances?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There are a number of interesting questions raised by The Illearth War. Questions that Donaldson most likely want readers to consider and think through carefully. Discuss the following:

1. What does the term "author agenda" mean?

2. Name one idea/concept you think may have been a part of the Donaldson' agenda. Analyze that idea throughout the book and discuss Donaldson' probable agenda concerning that idea.

2. Do you think writers who have an agenda for writing should point it out in a preface?

3. How often do you think fiction is written with a clear agenda in mind by the author?

4. Research the life of Donaldson and see if/where his life may have influenced his writing.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss one of the following:

1. Trace and analyze the theme of growth in The Illearth War. Consider the following questions as you write: What characters are most concerned with growth? Why? What are some symbols of growth? Symbols of rigidity? What characters seem rigid?

2. Trace and analyze the theme of courage in The Illearth War. Which characters struggle with this issue? Why? Which characters seem to possess courage? Why?

3. Trace and analyze the theme of corruption in The Illearth War. Which characters struggle with this issue? Why? Which characters seem to possess courage? Why?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss one of the following:

1. Thoroughly analyze how the setting informs the plot in The Illearth War.

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

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

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