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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 tells Ged he is heading in the right direction?
2. How does Skiorh vanish Ged's powers?
3. Why does Ged have to stop chasing the shadow?
4. What does Ged turn himself into to fight the birds?
5. What does Ogion give to Ged?
Short Essay Questions
1. In what way does Ged show he is still not mature enough to defeat the Shadow?
2. What do the sightings of a man looking like Ged say about the Shadow?
3. Why does LeGuin change the point of view from Ged to Ogion?
4. What do you think Otak's death symbolizes?
5. How is it important to the story that Ged's mother died during his early childhood?
6. At what point in this chapter does Ged show his increasing maturity?
7. Why do you think Ged is initially reluctant to allow his friend to come with him?
8. Why does Pechvarry act so negatively towards Ged?
9. What does Ged learn from his confrontation with Skiorh?
10. Why is it significant that Ged and Vetch travel through uncharted seas?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What do you think the Shadow means within the context of the story? Why does Ged have to defeat it to move on with his life? What does the Shadow represent?
Essay Topic 2
The Wizard of Earthsea was written in 1968, a year after the summer of love and consequently communicates some of the concerns of that period. Choose one of the following ideas from the book and discuss how they reflect the concerns of sixties culture.
1) Good vs evil
2) Friendship and adventure in preference to shutting yourself away from the world.
3) The importance of tradition.
Essay Topic 3
What do you think would have happened to Ged if the shadow had defeated him? Does Le Guin hint at what this alternative life would be like?
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