Print
Word
PDF
|
| Name: _________________________ | Period: ___________________ |
This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Alice tells Malcolm that "a drop of" what liquid will quiet Lyra?
2. Who warns Malcolm about Gerard Bonneville's reputation?
3. Hannah is told that the witches in which direction have a prophecy?
4. Andrew tells Malcolm that he thinks Malcolm has broken his what?
5. When George arrives to help Malcolm, Alice, and Lyra, to what kind of structure does he take them?
Short Essay Questions
1. In what way does the motif of violence enter the narrative within Chapter 12?
2. What object does Hannah see outside her home to cause her panic?
3. What advice does Coram give to Malcolm about Gerard, the man with the hyena daemon?
4. From whom does Malcolm learn that someone has approached the priory, pretending to be Lyra's father?
5. About what coming catastrophe does Coram warn Malcolm?
6. In what way is Asta, Malcolm's daemon, shown to have a mind of her own, separate from Malcolm's?
7. For what type of audience is the novel Book of Dust intended?
8. What action does Malcolm take in his response to Andrew angering him in Chapter 20?
9. Describe the men who succeed in taking Lyra from Malcolm and Alice.
10. What amount of time does Malcolm say it would normally take him to get to London in his canoe if the river were not flooded?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
William Faulkner once famously claimed that the most important literature deals with the subject of the human heart in conflict with itself. Explain how the theme of Human versus Self is demonstrated within Philip Pullman's novel Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage. Create a decisive, arguable claim and prove it with quotes from the novel.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the motif of the doppleganger, as it is depicted within the novel Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage.
Essay Topic 3
Analyze the interplay between the resolution of Philip Pullman's novel Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage and one of the novel's main messages. How does the author make connections between these elements and how does their juxtaposition help the author get across one main message of the novel?
|
This section contains 908 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) |
|
