Thursday, October 7, 2010

Week four assignment

This week we’re going to test your knowledge of Deathly Hallows. Put your answers to the quiz and your essay answer on your blog and it will count for this week’s blogging requirement. Ready


Why does Harry accuse Remus Lupin of being a coward?

Lupin offers assistance to Harry, Ron and Hermione even though he does not know what their plan is. He reveals Tonks is pregnant. He is afraid his child will be a werewolf, and that he will be an unfit father.

Who is R.A.B.?

Regulus Arcturus Black. Younger brother to Sirius. He is the one who took Salazar's locket.

According to legend, what would a person become if he could assemble the Deathly Hallows?

Master of Death

What is Ariana Dumbledore rumored to be?

Squib

What is written on Harry’s parents’ gravestone?

The Last Enemy that Shall Be Destroyed is Death

Why does Krum want to fight Xenophilius Lovegood?

He wears Grindelwald's Mark

Why does Voldemort seek the Elder Wand?

He wants to defeat Harry.

Where did Dumbledore’s family live?

Godric's Hollow

Whose eye does Harry see in his magic mirror shard?

Aberforth Dumbledore

What item does Harry steal from Gringotts?

Hufflepuff Cup

Where does Rita Skeeter get her information about Dumbledore?

Bathilda Bagshot

What is inside the Snitch that Dumbledore leaves Harry?

Resurrection Stone

Why does Dumbledore leave Ron a Deluminator?

So he can get back to Harry.

Why has Hermione not read The Tales of Beedle the Bard?

She is muggle born and so not familiar with typical wizard children's stories.

What is Dumbledore’s greatest regret?

He helped Gellert Grindelwald

Whose mail did Snape open?

Aunt Petunia's

What form does Snape’s Patronus take?

Doe

Why can the Sword of Gryffindor destroy Horcruxes?

It has basilisk venom

What name is given to wizards who help Mudbloods?

Blood traitors

How do Harry and his friends enter the Ministry of Magic?

Through the toilet

Who made Harry’s wand?

Olivander



Essay Question

Choose one of the following questions and post your answer to your blog.

  1. How does Harry change over the course of the novel? Is The Deathly Hallows a true coming-of-age story?

  2. In what ways do the dead speak to the living in this book?

  3. In what way do Ron and Hermione act as foils for Harry, drawing out his qualities and characteristics more clearly?

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