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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 devices do people use to get information?

2. What work does Ven do in Chapter 4?

3. What does Yue say when Ven asks why she came for him?

4. In Chapter 23, what river is Ven near?

5. In Chapter 13, what does Ven find he cannot do after being sacked?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Pontus?

2. What does Yue say she saw in the forest at age 12 instead of the kakuy?

3. What are the kakuy and what do they do?

4. What are spies for the Temple called?

5. What destruction befalls the Brotherhood's headquarters shortly after the temple raids?

6. How do people mostly get information in the age North sets the novel in?

7. How does Georg react when Ven finds the microdrone?

8. Why does Ven attempt to walk away from Georg's service in Part II?

9. Who is Ven's actual handler and how is their relationship?

10. What does Ven seem to think of Georg when they first meet?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How and when does the Brotherhood use so-called "heretical" information from the Burning Age to strengthen its hold on power? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

How are characters like Lah, Ven, and others driven or motivated by religious beliefs? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

What do those living in North's present world learn - and fail to learn - from the mistakes of the Burning Age? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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