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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 is Cluracan related to Nuala?

2. What has Delirium lost?

3. What is the only thing Lucien says he can rememebr?

4. What is the name of Paul McGuire's wife?

5. What kind of work does Nuala do for Morpheus?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who are the Three Fates?

2. How does Lyta react to the homeless man giving Daniel a flower?

3. Who is Paul McGuire?

4. How does Magda's version of Sleeping Beauty differ from the full version?

5. How do the cat woman and the cyclops help Lyta?

6. How does Carla die?

7. Into what does Delirium transform herself?

8. What information does Matthew get from the other characters on the way to seeing Morpheus?

9. What does Lyta learn has happened to Daniel?

10. Why was Rose's grandmother called Sleeping Beauty?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Identify the main themes of the story. In what way are these themes relevant to the period? How does the author use character and setting to express these themes?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the Greek mythology used in the book.

1. What are the elements of Greek mythology?

2. How does Gaiman adapt these elements for a young modern audience?

Essay Topic 3

How does the story of the ladies' man, his wife and his three children relate to the book's themes? In what way does the story signify the origins of the Furies?

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