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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Machiavelli receive from John Dee?
2. Where do the twins and Gilagamesh go in Chapter 54?
3. Why are St. Germaine and two others going to Alcatraz?
4. Why must Nicholas get to San Francisco?
5. How does the Crow Goddess pay back a debt to the Sorceress?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss one of the following:
1. Trace and analyze the theme of growth in The Sorceress. 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 Sorceress. Which characters struggle with this issue? Why? Which characters seem to possess courage? Why?
3. Trace and analyze the theme of power in The Sorceress. Consider the following questions as you write: What characters are most concerned with power? Why? What are some symbols of power? Symbols of control? What characters seem powerful?
Essay Topic 2
There are a number of interesting questions raised by The Sorceress. Questions that Scott 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 Scott' agenda. Analyze that idea throughout the book and discuss Scott' 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 Scott and see if/where his life may have influenced his writing.
Essay Topic 3
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?
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