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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 Zane find he can delay for ten minutes?

2. What does Chronos personify?

3. What will the proprietor give Zane in exchange for allowing him to connect with Zane's love?

4. Who arrives at the end of the concert?

5. What illness is Tad dying from?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mars defend war?

2. What mistakes does Zane realize he is making in Chapter 3?

3. What does Luna say is the difference between white and black magic?

4. What realization does Zane come to by the end of the chapter?

5. Why does the Magician say he is pleased to be spending time in Purgatory?

6. What problems does Zane have by the end of the first chapter?

7. In what way does the theme of death hang over the first chapter?

8. In what way does Fate say Death was careless?

9. How does Zane get together a performance for the old man?

10. In what way is Zane's television in his new house different to normal televisions?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The author wrote ON A PALE HORSE in the third person. Why do you think the author chose to write the story in the third person? How do you think the meaning of the story would change if the author wrote it in the first person?

Essay Topic 2

In what way does Anthony's novel tackle 1980s issues? How important is it for even fantasy books to examine issues relevant to the time period?

Essay Topic 3

Anthony gives some of his main characters religious and mythological names. Pick one of the following religious and examine what meaning their name gives to their character and the story in general.

1. Fate.

2. Luna.

3. Chronos.

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