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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. Of what nationality is Shalon?

2. What attacks Mat in a secluded alley?

3. Where is Tuon sailing?

4. Where does Nynaeve insist upon going?

5. What do two women in the warn say to Demandred?

Short Essay Questions

1. What rumor starts around the camp and how does Perrin react?

2. What news does Elayne learn about Rand from Halwin?

3. Why is Perrin in the wolf dream and what does he almost do that he regrets?

4. What special ability does Perrin have and how does he use it in the situation about Faile?

5. What outrages Nynaeve and how do Elayne, Aviendha and Min respond?

6. What does Perrin Aybara think of Masema and what Masema will do in the beginning?

7. What do Min and Elayne discuss?

8. What does Rand give into Nynaeve's safekeeping?

9. How does Faile react differently from the other women captives?

10. Where is Perrin when he wakes from the wolf dream and what does he need?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

One of the prophesies about the Dragon Reborn is that Aes Sedai will swear loyalty to the Dragon Reborn, which happens in an earlier book, "Lord of Chaos". Rand hates being told what he needs to do by Aes Sedai who cite prophecy.

Discuss the following: Trace and analyze the occurrences of prophesy in "Winter's Heart". Many fantasy novels include some "prophesy" in their storyline. Why do you think this is? Do you think Rand knowing about the prophesies about him will help him? How could it hinder him? How does knowing prophesy in any book (or real life) perhaps make it become "self-fulfilling"?

Essay Topic 2

Elayne is one of the three women that Min saw in Rand's future, along with herself. The third is the Aiel woman, Aviendha.

Discuss the following: Why do you think Jordan has Rand romantically involved 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? Does it seem misogynistic of the author to have Rand involved with three women?

Essay Topic 3

Whenever reading a science fiction or fantasy novel, one must become familiar with new terminology that explains concepts or ideas that are not a part of the "real" world. In the case of "Winter's Heart", much of the setting may seem familiar to the reader (i.e. there are woods, mountains, rivers, oceans, etc.), though there are new ideas and terms to learn.

Discuss the following:

1. Find five terms that are a part of the world of "Winter's Heart" that occur in the "real" world but are used differently in "Winter's Heart".

2. Define the words as used in in "Winter's Heart"'s world and compare those five words as to how they are currently used in the American English language.

3. There are ways of learning about a new world or time when reading a science fiction or fantasy novel. Discuss the ways you were able to understand the world of "Winter's Heart". Did you have to look up any words? What does it mean to learn a word through its context? Do you have to do that in "Winter's Heart"? What word(s)?

4. Were there any words you never really understood from "Winter's Heart"? Which ones?

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