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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. Why does Matron Baenre think it is a good time to march on Mithral Hall?
2. What does Matron Baenre find amusing about her song and Uthegental?
3. What happens to Bidderdoo as he is working a spell?
4. Why does Catti-brie use her sword to cut down a stalactite?
5. Who stays behind as the dwarfs retreat?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Lady Alustriel considering about her home city as she watches her knights battle drow?
2. What overwhelms Bidderdoo and what is his reaction to being attacked by a kobold?
3. Who are the first group on the dwarf side to see battle and what kind of different weapon do they use?
4. What does Drizzt discuss in his prologue to Chapter Twenty-Three?
5. What does Baenre decide to do after she learns that Uthegental has been killed?
6. Why does Jarlaxle decide to let Matron Baenre go ahead with her battle plans?
7. What has Uthegental been told to do about Blingdenstone but what does he do? What does he find?
8. Why might those in Keeper's Dale have a rough battle?
9. What does Frible tell Belwar about Blingdenstone?
10. Why does Matron Baenre want a cavern, what does Jarlaxle want to do about the battle and what does Methil suggest to him?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In SIEGE OF DARKNESS there are other sentient beings besides humans. Discuss the following:
1. List and describe all the sentient, non-human beings.
2. Do you think most of the the non-human, sentient beings are accorded lesser status? Is it fair? Are they inferior to human beings?
3. Are there any characters who seem to accord the non-human, sentient beings equal status with their own? Who? If not, why not?
Essay Topic 2
Most protagonists are a mixture of admirable traits and character flaws, and Drizzt is no exception. Discuss the following:
1. Trace and analyze situations when Drizzt demonstrates his prodigious powers of military strategy. Give specific examples to illustrate your analysis.
2. Trace and analyze Drizzt's character flaws offering specific examples of these flaws in your discussion.
3. Discuss how you think Drizzt's admirable traits helped him become accepted in a society that is not his place of origin. Have his flaws impacted his life at all? Do any of those under his command seem to notice these flaws? Who? How does the reader know this?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the following:
1. Compare/contrast SIEGE OF DARKNESS world to that of "real" life. What are the advantages to each world? The disadvantages?
2. In which world would you rather live in if you possess no magical abilities? Explain your response.
3. In which world would you rather live in if you possess magical abilities and Matron Baenre is the ruler of the world where you could practice magic? Explain your response.
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