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11. Why did Faris have to give up Galazon to the rift? Why is Faris able in some way to keep Greenlaw safe from the rift? How is the world set back into balance when Faris mends the rift? Describe this balance as you understand it.
12. What does Faris learn about perception and will as she begins to repair the rift? What effect do these two forces have on one another?
13. Do you believe Hilarion’s final act was necessary to secure the rift? In what way, or ways, does Hilarion’s gesture help the world? What happens to Hilarion’s key in the final chapters of A College of Magics? What is important about these changes?
14. Do people always do good deeds willingly or intentionally? Was the king’s order to shoot Tyrian, for example, a good or bad act? Can an action be both good and bad, helpful and harmful, at once? Cite an example from the novel, and another example from your own life, to support your answer.
15. Where does Faris set the “anchors” that help her mend the rift? What settings or images in the novel foreshadow these anchor settings? How might these anchors relate to the final image of St. Margaret and St. Michael in the closing lines of A College of Magics?
16. In the context of the novel, what is magic and how does it affect the world? Do you feel that something similar to this sort of magic could or does exist in your world? Explain your answer.
This is a work of fiction. All the characters and events portrayed in this book are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
A COLLEGE OF MAGICS
Copyright © 1994 by Caroline Stevermer Reader’s Guide copyright © 2005 by Tor Books
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First Tor edition: March 1994
First Starscape edition: October 2002