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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 painting does Odrade keep in her bedroom?

2. Which Bene Gesserit is also a sculptor?

3. What does Odrade call her child self?

4. Who is going to help Teg become what he was in his past lives?

5. In what was Duncan Idaho grown?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do the Bene Gesserit not approve of democracy?

2. What is Dortujla's place in Bene Gesserit society, and how did she get there?

3. Describe Duncan Idaho's living arrangements.

4. Where are Scytale's people? Explain.

5. What are axlotl tanks? Why are they surprising to the Bene Gesserit?

6. Why does Bellonda take a strong position against Duncan Idaho?

7. Explain Odrade's memories of Sea Child and their effect on her life.

8. Why does Streggi mention the map to Odrade while they are eating?

9. Describe the Great Honored Matre's quarters from the perspective of Logno.

10. What role do the Proctors have with regard to Odrade's position in the Bene Gesserit?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one example of Odrade's decision-making abilities, and discuss how she makes a decision and how others react to it.

Essay Topic 2

Examine the role of setting in the novel, giving examples of how setting affects the events of the story.

Essay Topic 3

Explain the significance of the seabird that Odrade sees in the desert.

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