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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 was the Dragon Queen's name?

2. Who is the self claimed Lord of the High Reaches?

3. What is F'lar learning to recognize as Lessa at her worst?

4. What does Fax call the Dragonmen?

5. What had made F'lar furious?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is F'lar's first plan to dealing with the Lords?

2. How did Lessa see her hand from the eye of a stranger and what did she do about it?

3. Why doesn't R'gul want to demand tithings?

4. Why does F'lar get so worried about Lessa?

5. What makes dragon riders different from other men?

6. What made F'lar's wing one that people wanted to serve under?

7. Why does Lessa agree to support and listen to everything F'lar says?

8. What did Lessa try to do to confuse the dragonman?

9. Who comes and visits the Weyr and of what interest is the item they bring?

10. What occurred to Lessa when Ramoth was mating?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast Lessa and Ramoth's characters. Which is the more ambitious? Which do you think is more dignified? How is it that they make up a perfect pair?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast this book to any other fantasy novel you may have read. How does it compare and how does it differ? Compare protagonists and antagonists. Which has the most seemingly insurmountable obstacles? Which was harder to predict?

Essay Topic 3

How is Lessa the typical Harlequin romance heroine? How is she different? What elements of the story make Lessa appear more feminine?

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