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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 are Bain and Chiad?
2. Who takes charge of the group going to Two Rivers?
3. What does Thom fear about Rand?
4. What do the wise ones tell Aviendha she must do?
5. What is the doorway that will answer three questions with truth?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Moiraine think should be Rand's next step after taking over the Stone of Tear and what is Rand's response?
2. Do you think Lanfear's concern for Rand is genuine?
3. How do Thom and Moiraine both try to outmaneuver each other?
4. What happens to Rand when women channel and how might that foreshadow events in the future?
5. What does Mat gain from his harrowing experience in the ter'angreal in Rhuidean?
6. What is one reason the Shaido probably reject Rand?
7. What does Mat wonder about the doorway ter'angreal in Rhuidean and what is Rand's response?
8. About what ter'angreal does Moiraine tell Nynaeve, Egwene and Elayne and why might Moiraine be forced to use the ter'angreal?
9. How is Rand learning to use the One Power?
10. Why is Dain Bornheld in the Two Rivers and how is he being manipulated?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Elayne is one of the three women that Min saw in Rand's future, along with herself. The third will be the Aiel woman, Aviendha. Discuss the following:
Why do you think Jordan has Rand involved (eventually) with three women?
Does Rand's involvement with three women throughout the series add or subtract from the main story? Explain your reasoning.
Do you think it is believable that the three women are willing to share Rand's affections? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 2
Traveling in the Wheel of Time series evolves, a phenomenon that also helps the book's pacing. First, Rand and the others travel by foot and horse; then the "Ways" are introduced, which significantly cuts down on the time it takes to get from one point to another. In THE SHADOW RISING, Rand uses a portal stone for travel across vast distances; however, one must first walk to a portal stone, so the travel cannot be said to be instantaneous. Finally, in a later book, a technique called "Traveling" is introduced where a doorway is magically "sliced" into the air and one can instantly be where s/he wants to go. Discuss the following:
What is the advantage of having the characters travel by horse and foot across long distances requiring significant amounts of time? What are the disadvantages?
How is the plot affected when the ability to travel from point A to point B is drastically reduced? Give examples from the book.
How would one or two scenes in THE SHADOW RISING be affected if Rand or any other channeling individual could instantly move from one place to another? Why do you think Jordan does not introduce that means of travel until a future book?
Essay Topic 3
Though it is not a part of THE SHADOW RISING, 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:
How do you think Rand has changed from who he was before Moiraine comes to his village to the Rand he is in Shadow Rising?
Why do you think Jordan chooses a young, unknown man to be the hero of the series?
How would the book have been different if Rand had been a prince?
How would the book have been different if the Dragon Reborn had been a female?
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