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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 Rand reveal?

2. For what does Amys chastise Egwene?

3. What does Andric want to do?

4. Why is Egeanin interested in Aes Sedai?

5. Where does Faile insist Perrin go?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the discrepancy in orders about Rand indicate?

2. How are the Two Rivers women and Faile held up as an example to the Whitecloaks?

3. What makes it easier for Leane and Siuan to disguise themselves when they escape the White Tower?

4. Discuss the duel between Nynaeve and Moghedien.

5. What does Perrin suspect about Lord Luc's defiance of the Whitecloaks?

6. What does Rand think about the peddler caravan?

7. What excuse does Elaida use to depose Siuan, and how is Elaida being unwittingly manipulated?

8. Who is the source of the trolloc infestation and why?

9. What greatly piques Egeanin's interest in Nynaeve and Elayne?

10. Who is Bayle Domon and why does he owe Nynaeve a favor?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Mat and Rand ask the Wise Ones permission to enter Rhuidean. Discuss the following:

What is Rhuidean and why do you think potential Wise Ones and Clan Chiefs must go there before assuming their duties as Wise Ones and Clan Chiefs?

Why do the Wise Ones give Rand and Mat permission to enter Rhuidean? What does this break from tradition perhaps foreshadow?

Describe and analyze Mat's experience in Rhuidean. How much impact do you think his experience in Rhuidean will have on Mat in the future?

Essay Topic 2

Dain Bornheld of the Whitecloaks believes he is in the Two Rivers to drive Perrin into the open, but it is Padan Fain who has manipulated Pedron Niall into the act, hoping to lure Rand back to his home by stirring up trouble in the Two Rivers. Discuss the following:

Who are the Whitecloaks and how do they impact the action/characters/plot in THE SHADOW RISING?

What is the irony of a leader of the Whitecloaks being manipulated by Padan Fain?

How are the actions of the Whitecloaks similar to some actions by fanatics in "real life"?

Essay Topic 3

There is a "coup" in the White Tower and Siuan is deposed and stilled as the Amyrlin Seat. Discuss the following:

Why is Siuan deposed?

What happens as a result of the coup?

What does Min save Siuan and Leanne? Do you think she is wise to do so?

What does it mean to be stilled? How does it affect Siuan and Leanne?

What do you think about Elaida, the new Amyrlin Seat? Is she a capable replacement for Siuan?

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