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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 Drizzt encourage the dwarfs left behind to do?

2. At what town do the drow break down the gates?

3. Who stays behind as the dwarfs retreat?

4. What does Berg'inyon think of Sumpet's orders?

5. What does Baenre do in front of the crowd?

Short Essay Questions

1. What has Uthegental been told to do about Blingdenstone but what does he do? What does he find?

2. How do Pwent and his men help Bidderdoo fulfill his mission?

3. What overwhelms Bidderdoo and what is his reaction to being attacked by a kobold?

4. Why is Catti-brie crying when Drizzt finds her on the plateau and how do she and he resolve her problem?

5. Why does Errtu decide to obey Lolth?

6. What does Drizzt discuss in his letter before Chapter Seventeen about the dwarfs and what does he say about them?

7. What does Belwar think about as the drow armies advance?

8. What does Baenre decide to do after she learns that Uthegental has been killed?

9. What does Lady Alustriel do at the beginning of the battle and for what are her knights responsible?

10. What does Frible tell Belwar about Blingdenstone?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

SIEGE OF DARKNESS is one book in a series of novels involving Drizzt and many other characters. Discuss the following.

1. What are two advantages of writing a series of novels about the same characters? Illustrate your statements with details from the text.

2. What is a disadvantage of writing a series of novels about the same characters? Illustrate your statements with details from the text.

3. Do you prefer to read a standalone book, or a series of books with the same main characters? Explain your response.

Essay Topic 2

One of the main characteristics of the drow and the others in the underworld is that they seem to like to inflict pain on others. They are absolutely amoral and spends most of their time torturing and murdering those they dislike, which is just about everyone.

1. Unfortunately there are a number of people in the world who seem to like to inflict pain on themselves or others. Following research on sadism, discuss why the drow are sadists with examples from the book.

2. There is obviously deep seated psychological reasons why someone would derive pleasure from pain, either their own pain or someone else. Is it possible that people who feel this way have some common factors in childhood? Discuss reasons from a childhood you think could form a person to become a sadist.

3. There is great debate in criminal justice circles as to whether someone who commits homicide is mentally ill. Some say anyone who kills another human being except in self defense has to be mentally ill because sane people don't kill other people. Do you agree with this? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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