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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 the name of the new religious leader on Arrakis?

2. What does Feyd-Rautha say Hawat is?

3. What does the Baron make Feyd-Rautha do to teach him a lesson?

4. What troop name does Stilger give to Paul?

5. What is the name of Paul's instrument?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Paul's physical state after he drinks the spice?

2. How can Paul prove he is indeed the Kwisatz Haderach?

3. Why do the Fremen deliver spice quotas to the free traders?

4. What does the Baron learn from Hawat in part 3 section 1?

5. How does the Baron punish Feyd-Rautha for trying to assassinate him?

6. Summarize book 3, section 2.

7. What is Paul's plan to defeat the Hakonnen forces?

8. How does Jessica react to sense sharing with Paul?

9. What has Paul achieved in the two leaders who has been with the Fremen tribe?

10. Why does Tuek forbid Halleck to make a move against the Harkonnens?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The planets in Dune are controlled by a Feudal system. What is a feudal system? When and why were feudal systems popular? What was the structure of a feudal system? Who does a feudal system benefit?

Essay Topic 2

Herbet wrote Dune in the 1960's. Think about the world and in particular America during this period and discuss whether the book reflects what was happening.

1) What are the book's themes? Do they relate to America's political or social environment at that time? If so how?

2) Is Herbert's vision a direct result of what was happening in the world at that time? Have any of Herbert's ideas come true?

Essay Topic 3

Do you think religion is good way to gain control over a population? How have western countries used religion to gain control over small nations? What alternatives are there to using religion as a source of power? Why have countries become controlled by a religion, particularly if it is not directly derived from their own culture?

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