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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. How does Paul want to punish Mohiam?

2. Which verb does Jessica equate with worms?

3. What charges does Feyd-Rautha face?

4. How does Paul know Chani?

5. What do the smugglers offer Halleck?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Summarize the third section of book 2.

4. Describe Stilgar's style of leadership.

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

6. Describe Feyd Rautha's appearance at the gladiatorial fight?

7. What happens to Jessica's unborn daughter when Jessica is ordained as Reverend Mother?

8. Summarize the final section of book 2.

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

10. What does Paul's prescience show him in chapter 3, section 3?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Herbert use dialogue in the book? Is the dialogue realistic? Do the students think the dialogue is more about style then characterization? Do they think almost every word a person speaks in the novel is designed to have an effect on the story?

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

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?

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