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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 is happening in the garden where Tristan and Laurent are led?

2. In the queen's court, what was Beauty's role?

3. Who raids the village?

4. When Laurent considers his current position as a sex slave, how does he see the situation as a result of his equality with his mistress?

5. When three men enter the garden, who does the most important approach first?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the example of irony present in "The First Test of Obedience"?

2. What happens when the ship anchors?

3. After the sexual experience that Laurent and Lexius share, how do both men feel?

4. How does the examination the slaves undergo show dehumanization and degradation?

5. What is the significance behind the point of view in "Through the City and Into the Palace"?

6. Why does Inanna dress as a man to release Beauty from her constraints?

7. Who is Beauty?

8. What proves to Laurent that Lexius enjoyed their rendezvous?

9. What does Laurent's insistence that Lexius be taken back to the queen tell the reader?

10. What emotions does Beauty face during the cleaning process?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the sultan. How does he treat Laurent, Tristan, and others around him? Is this what you expected? Why or why not? What was your final impression of the sultan, and how did it differ from your first impression of him? Why?

Essay Topic 2

On their way back from the sultan's palace, it becomes evident that Tristan, Beauty, and Laurent have each taken something back with them. Explain what each character learned, how that lesson came to them, and how the lesson helped or hurt them later on.

Essay Topic 3

Identify and analyze the tone of Beauty's Release. What elements create this tone? Consider diction, character development, dialogue, syntax, and figurative language.

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