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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 do the other female captives do that Faile does not?

2. How does Mat feel about the sexual relationship in which he finds himself?

3. Whose army does Perrin encounter when going after Faile?

4. Why does Perrin require healing?

5. How is Rand disguised when he enters Caemlyn palace?

Short Essay Questions

1. What bargain does Therava offer Faile, Alliandre, and Maighdin?

2. Who is on the way to Ebou Dar and for what purpose?

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

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

5. What happens to Elayne after her midday meal?

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

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

8. With whom has Perrin Aybara been meeting and how does he feel about what transpires in the beginning?

9. What is Faile's biggest concern while marching? Why?

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

Discuss the following:

1. What do you think are the characteristics of a successful novel?

2. Analyze and discuss "Winter's Heart" based upon the criteria you decide upon in #1 and judge if "Winter's Heart" is a successful novel.

3. Do you think the fact that "Winter's Heart" is a novel in a series changes the criteria upon which its success should be judged? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

Though it is not a part of "Winter's Heart", the readers are given enough information to learn that Rand Al'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 as a shepherd in a small village (Emond's Field)? 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 female?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss one of the following:

1. Define irony in literary terms. Discuss the irony of the situation that the Seanchan who leash and control the damane can actually channel also. What other irony can you find in "Winter's Heart"? Do you think irony enhances the book? Why?

2. Define symbolism in literary terms. Discuss the use and meaning of five symbols you choose to analyze from "Winter's Heart". What do they symbolize? Is the symbolism obvious? Effective? Does the symbolism contribute to the enjoyment of reading?

3. Discuss five literary devices that occur in "Winter's Heart" and how they are used. Are they effective? Do they add or detract from the reading of the book? Why? Some possible devices are allusion, connotation, denouement, dialogue, flashback, figurative language, motif, metaphor, narrator, point of view, simile, mood, and puns.

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