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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 does Paul condemn Jessica for doing?

2. What does Jessica dream is covering her husband's name?

3. What kind of weapon is Hawcat hiding?

4. What is the name of Paul's teacher?

5. Who does the Baron put in charge of the investigation?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe how Paul and Jessica manage to escape.

2. Why does Jessica hope that Paul does not use the Voice?

3. What atrocities can Jessica sense while speaking to Yueh?

4. Describe Paul's sense of the future at this point in the story.

5. How do Paul and Jessica react to Duke Leto's death?

6. Summarize the first section of book 2.

7. Describe Dr. Yueh.

8. Summarize the third section.

9. What does Jessica notice about Paul's face at the end of book 1?

10. What is the message that Lady Fenring leaves for Jessica?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the novel's plot structure.

1) What is the premise of the novel? Does Herbert stick closely to the premise?

2) What problems do the characters have to solve? How do they solve them?

3) Do you think the book concludes satisfactorily?

Essay Topic 2

Examine point of view. Why does Herbert write the book from the third person? Does it limit the story in any way? How would the story be different if it was written in the first person?

Essay Topic 3

As the best selling science fiction book of all time, Dune has greatly influenced popular culture. Choose a film or book written after Dune that you think was influenced by the novel and discuss there similarities in terms of

a) plot

b) character

c) themes

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