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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 interesting to note about the trail?

2. In which town had the Seekers been preaching?

3. Where has the Queen of Darkness gone?

4. What does Riverwind offer to do?

5. What caused Goldmoon's people to reject her?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Tanis' history?

2. Why was the banquet held for Goldmoon's mother close to blasphemous?

3. What had finally caused Sturm to sleep?

4. In what ways was it obvious Matafleur, or Flamestrike, was a dragon past her prime?

5. What did Raistlin do when confronted with the undead people of the Darken Woods?

6. Why wouldn't Kitiara come?

7. How had Raistlin changed?

8. Why won't the group split up?

9. Why did the Speaker take in the child born of rape, Tanis?

10. What was the difference between Goldmoon and Laurana's beauty?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the relationships between each of the characters. Which characters maintain the strongest bonds, and why do you think that is? How does the allusion to previous adventures the group had shared provide a timeline and a basis of trust for the characters in this novel?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Fizban's wiping out of memories from Raistlin and Tas. Why wasn't Tas allowed to keep his memories of the dragons he saw in the tapestry? Why wasn't Raistlin allowed to keep the memory he had while in the cage bound for Pax Tharkas? Suggest two viable reasons.

Essay Topic 3

Hederick is revealed as a false prophet to the people of Solace. What spoils his reputation for good? Why do you think that Verminaard chose to imprison Hederick and make him work in the mines instead of letting him subvert the populace and convert them? Explain your answer thoroughly in at least three major arguments.

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