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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 other name for Elder Mars Ultor?
2. What do Flamel's group debate while waiting for the attack?
3. Who decides it is time to flee?
4. What decimates the Wild Hunt?
5. What does Shakespeare decide to do?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Palamedes say to Nicholas before leaving to buy supplies in the village?
2. How do Billy and the Kid and Machiavelli realize they have been tricked by the Crow Goddess?
3. What is happening to the speaker in the program and why?
4. What is the difference between Niccolo's ambitions concerning the Elders and that of Dee and Flamel?
5. What surprises Sophie about Gilgamesh and what connection does Sophie make?
6. How does Shakespeare help Nicohlas and the others get to Stonehenge?
7. What shocks Palamedes about a sword?
8. Why does Palamedes become irritated with Nicholas and what does he suggest about Nicholas' impatience?
9. Where does Dee find Excalibur; how does he use Excalibur as a "compass" and what does he know about Clarent and its influence on Josh?
10. How and why does the Crow Goddess help Perenelle, and how does she use a simple plan to escape Alcatraz?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Characters are an integral and important part of almost all novels. Discuss the following:
1. Compare/contrast the characters of Josh and Sophie. How are they similar? How are they different? Is there a flaw in each of their personalities? Be specific and give examples.
2. Compare/contrast the characters of Nicholas and John Dee. How do they seem different? Which do you like more? Why? Which one seems more of a well-rounded character?
3. Thoroughly analyze how three of the secondary characters in The Sorceress help drive the plot and what their contribution is to the storyline. Are any of the secondary characters unnecessary? Indispensable? Which of the secondary characters are likable? Which are either unlikable or even despicable? Be specific and give examples.
Essay Topic 2
There are a number of interesting questions raised by The Sorceress. Questions that Scott most likely want readers to consider and think through carefully. Discuss the following:
1. What does the term "author agenda" mean?
2. Name one idea/concept you think may have been a part of the Scott' agenda. Analyze that idea throughout the book and discuss Scott' probable agenda concerning that idea.
2. Do you think writers who have an agenda for writing should point it out in a preface?
3. How often do you think fiction is written with a clear agenda in mind by the author?
4. Research the life of Scott and see if/where his life may have influenced his writing.
Essay Topic 3
Often, authors will write about "what they know," and sometimes knowing a little about the author makes the books more interesting. Discuss the following:
1. Research and give a brief biographical sketch of Michael Scott.
2. What in Scott's background may have helped him in writing The Sorceress? What may have influenced the way he depicts various characters and scenes?
3. Do you think there is always some of the author's own life in his/her novels? Why or why not? Give examples.
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