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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. Which of the three fates winds the yarn?

2. On what does the man dream a faceless women is gnawing?

3. What do the sisters give Lyta when she wakes up?

4. What does Abel say fills his house?

5. What is the name of Abel's pet gargolye?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the story Magda tells about the children who fly away?

2. Who is Paul McGuire?

3. How do the cat woman and the cyclops help Lyta?

4. Why was Rose's grandmother called Sleeping Beauty?

5. How does Lord Morpheus change the man's dream?

6. How does Magda's version of Sleeping Beauty differ from the full version?

7. What information does Matthew get from the other characters on the way to seeing Morpheus?

8. Into what does Delirium transform herself?

9. What does Lyta learn has happened to Daniel?

10. Who is Nuala?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How do Morpheus and Nuala hurt each other? In what way is Nuala's love for Morpheus an important element of the story?

Essay Topic 2

What does a raven symbolize? How much of the symbolism is taken from mythology? How did these myths develop?

Essay Topic 3

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

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