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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 the green man say has been integrated into his blood?
2. Where does Vodalus tell Severian he can find Dorcas?
3. Where does the green man say Agia is?
4. What does Jonas hope to find by taking one of the portals?
5. What does Dorcas reveal she has remembered when she sees Severian at the House of Absolute?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Barnoch look half dead when Severian first sees him?
2. What does Severian say about the magic fountain that leads the reader to believe it may have been correct about Severian's future?
3. Why were Vodalus' men sent to get Severian?
4. Why does Severian stop to look for his missing sword before he leaves the cave where the beasts attacked him?
5. Why does Severian gain Thecla's memories and thoughts?
6. What does the green man tell Severian about Agia?
7. What does Severian remind Vodalus of when he and Jonas are brought before Vodalus?
8. Why does Dorcas cry when Severian and Jolenta return from the rivers edge?
9. What do Dr. Talos and Baldanders plan to do when they leave the group toward the end of the book?
10. Why is Severian sad when he sees Agia and the archers after leaving the caves?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What changes does Severian undergo from the beginning of Shadow & Claw to the end? What events facilitate his growth?
Essay Topic 2
Why does the beautiful and frightening woman in the water thrust Severian from the water as a boy, but later invite him to join her in the water and be a king? Why didn't she simply take him with her when he was younger? Why does she want him to join her now?
Essay Topic 3
Why is Severian in love with, or perhaps obsessed with, Agia even though she has proven herself to be unworthy of such attention? What about her seems to hold Severian's interest?
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