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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. To whom has Bastet given Dee if the Elders fail?

2. Where are the twins to go?

3. With whom does the photographer plan to share Flamel's flesh?

4. What does Nicholas sense?

5. What is the Wild Hunt?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Palamedes and the Green Knights work and when do they fight the Dark Elders?

2. What does the speaker have to get from Dee and the Dark Elders and why is there hope that he can?

3. Why does Palamedes worry about Josh and what does Nicholas tell Palamedes about Gilgamesh?

4. What dangerous plan does Dee make and why does he think he will be successful in executing the plan?

5. Whom does Perenelle visit in the depths below Alcatraz and what does she learn?

6. What are the twins' reactions to their lesson on water magic?

7. Who is approaching Dee and Bastet and what is their response to those approaching them?

8. What do Scathach and Perenelle talk about and what do they decide?

9. Where do Scatty and Joan end up and what is the problem?

10. What does Shakespeare decide to do and what do the others say about this?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Though it is not a part of The Sorceress, the readers are given enough information to learn that the twins were, up until a short time ago, ordinary teenagers in modern America. Discuss the following:

1. How do you think the twins have changed from who they were before Nicholas comes into their lives?

2. Why do you think Scott chooses young, ordinary teenagers to be the heroes/heroines in the series?

3. How would the book have been different if the twins were spoiled, rich kids?

Essay Topic 2

Characters are an integral and important part of almost all novels. Discuss the following:

1. Compare/contrast the characters of Josh and Sophie. How are they similar? How are they different? Is there a flaw in each of their personalities? Be specific and give examples.

2. Compare/contrast the characters of Nicholas and John Dee. How do they seem different? Which do you like more? Why? Which one seems more of a well-rounded character?

3. Thoroughly analyze how three of the secondary characters in The Sorceress help drive the plot and what their contribution is to the storyline. Are any of the secondary characters unnecessary? Indispensable? Which of the secondary characters are likable? Which are either unlikable or even despicable? Be specific and give examples.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss one of the following:

1. Thoroughly analyze how the setting informs the plot in The Sorceress.

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

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

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