Dune by Frank Herbert
Final Test Answer Key

Written by Jakob Barnard
Sci-Fi Reading Hour 2, 11/1/1999

Matching (2 points per question)
C-   1. Home of House Harkonnen A. Highliner
A-   2. Where the Guild Members live B. Caladan
D-   3. Dune C. Giedi Prime
B-   4. A planet with oceans and lakes D. Arrakis
E-   5. Home of the Sardaukar E. Salusa Secundus
I-   6. Home of the Imperial Court F. Lady Jessica
G-   7. Sister of Paul G. Alia
F-   8. Concubine of Duke Leto Atreides H. Chani
H-   9. Concubine of Paul Atreides I. Kiatan
L-   10. Head of the Bene Gesserit J. Baron Vladimir Harkonnen
M-   11. Emperor of the known universe K. Princess Irulan
K-   12. Crown Princess L. Reverend Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam
J-   13. Ruler of Geidi Prime M. Shaddam IV

True and False. Circle T or F. (2 points per question)

  1. F - The Pigeon is the symbol of House Atreides.
  2. T - Alia is Paul's sister.
  3. F - Paul's first born son was captured.
  4. T - The Water of Life is poison.
  5. F - The Maker is an architect.
  6. T - Chani is Paul's wife.
  7. F - Duncan killed the Baron.
  8. T - The final battle Paul fights in the book is single combat.
  9. F - Paul fights Feyd Rautha early in the book.
  10. F - Paul fights Stilgar in single combat.
  11. T - Jessica is the daughter of the Baron.
  12. F - A thumper is used for communication between Fremen.
  13. F - A true Fremen never wears a stillsuit.
  14. F - The Fremen people sometimes trade teeth from the sandworm for offworld articles.
  15. T - Paul became the most skilled fighter on the planet Arrakis.
  16. F - Paul's bodyguards were actually a Sardaukar military unit called the Fedaykin.
  17. T - A stillsuit recycles the body's moisture.

Multiple Choice (2 points per question)

  1. What is Shai-Hulud?
    B. Sandworm of Arrakis
  2. What is on the ducal signet ring?
    B. Hawk
  3. What is the Kwisatz Haderach?
    D. All of the above
  4. Who was the traitor in the House Atreides?
    D. Dr. Wellington Yueh
  5. What is the spice?
    C. The most precious commodity in the universe

Essay (5 points per question)

  1. What is the sandworm's religious significance to the people of Arrakis?
    The worm is termed Shai-Hulud, Giver of Life.
  2. What is the sandworm's economic significance to the people of Arrakis?
    The Arrakis economy is based on export of the Geriatric Spice. The sandworm is an integral part of the ecological cycle that creates the spice. The spice is the most valuable commodity in the universe, and available only on Arrakis.
  3. What is the sandworm's ecological significance to the people of Arrakis?
    The sandworm is part of the cycle which creates the spice. Without the sandworm, there can be no spice. And without the spice, there can be no more sandworms.
  4. What is the sandworm's military significance to the people of Arrakis?
    The Fremen people, and the sandworms, represent what Duke Leto termed desert power. The worms can be used for transportation, attack and defense.
  5. What is battle language?
    A language created to be understood by allies but not enemies. It can be spoken, written, or transmitted by hand signals or gestures.
  6. In what way were the Emperor's Sardaukar legions like the desert Fremen of Arrakis?
    Both are heavily oppressed, fanatic, people. Salusa Secundus, home of the Sardaukar, is the Emperor's prison planet. Arrakis (Dune) might as well be. The Sardaukar launched a program to eradicate the Fremen, understanding their danger. The Fremen, on the other hand, took special joy in killing Sardaukar, because they had shown themselves worthy enemies.