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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. Who sails the Wavedancer?

2. From what is the rope hung?

3. What is Tel'Aran'Rhiod?

4. Who takes charge of the group going to Two Rivers?

5. Where is Min going?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does what happened to Thom's nephew, Owyn, affect Thom's life and choices?

2. About what ter'angreal does Moiraine tell Nynaeve, Egwene and Elayne and why might Moiraine be forced to use the ter'angreal?

3. What does Rand learn about the history of the Aiel in Rhuidean?

4. What does Elayne learn about the Windfinders and how do they instruct Elayne?

5. What symbols that seem to be "attached" to Mat and Perrin seem to suggest their relationship to Rand's purpose?

6. How does Rand respond when he sees a young girl who has been killed in the fighting at the Stone of Tear?

7. How does Jordan synchronize several of the chapters with the image of the earthquake?

8. What does Moiraine think should be Rand's next step after taking over the Stone of Tear and what is Rand's response?

9. What is one reason the Shaido probably reject Rand?

10. What does Mat wonder about the doorway ter'angreal in Rhuidean and what is Rand's response?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Jordan synchronizes the action in four chapters by inserting the earthquake that Rand causes into each separate part of the story. Discuss the following:

Does Jordan's technique of showing the impact of the earthquake which Rand causes in four places help tie the story together? Why or why not?

Discuss the impact of the earthquake in each of the four settings in which it is experienced.

Do you think this earthquake is a foreshadowing of something in the future? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

There is a "coup" in the White Tower and Siuan is deposed and stilled as the Amyrlin Seat. Discuss the following:

Why is Siuan deposed?

What happens as a result of the coup?

What does Min save Siuan and Leanne? Do you think she is wise to do so?

What does it mean to be stilled? How does it affect Siuan and Leanne?

What do you think about Elaida, the new Amyrlin Seat? Is she a capable replacement for Siuan?

Essay Topic 3

Jordan treats the world of dreams as an actual world where what happens there can impact people when not in the dream world; for example, if one is killed in the dream world, they are dead in "real life." Discuss one of the following:

Describe and analyze the wolf dream and what Perrin does in it.

Describe and analyze Tel'Aran'Rhiod and how it impacts the plot in THE SHADOW RISING.

Why do you think Jordan includes the wolf dream and Tel'Aran'Rhiod in his Wheel of Time series?

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