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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 is the name of the President of the Order?

2. What is Knecht's friendship with Tegularius based on?

3. Which of the following of his possessions does Knecht leave at Hirsland?

4. How did the Music Master die?

5. What does the note tell Knecht to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Knecht criticize the Order?

2. What is the Rainmaker about?

3. Why does the current deputy find his work difficult?

4. What problems does Designori have with Knecht?

5. What does Knecht want as the next theme for the Games?

6. Why does Knecht not like his position as Magister?

7. What does Knecht say is a danger to the Order?

8. Why is Designori bitter with Castalia?

9. How does Knecht die?

10. What do the board say in reply to Knecht's views?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare the characters of Knecht and Designori.

1) How are their ideas about life different and how did they form their individual ideas?

2) How do help each other despite their differences?

Essay Topic 2

Write a 500-word essay revolving around one of the following statements:

1) An intellectual movement can only evolve through war and general unrest.

2) The board and its members are too institutionalized to accept any of Knecht's views.

3) Knecht will experience none of the outside world by living in the mountains.

Essay Topic 3

Identify the main themes of the story. In what way are these themes relevant to the time period? How does Fleming use character and setting to express these themes?

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