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1. The Imperial Planetologist Pardot Kynes married the Fremen woman Frieth, who bore a son named Liet. The younger Kynes figured prominently when the Atreides arrived on Arrakis many years later. However, as "Dune: House Harkonnen" opens, what are Pardot and Liet almost killed by?
2. Gurney Halleck hailed from Planet Giedi Prime, and lived with his father, mother, and sister in the nondescript village of Dmitri. Which member of the ruling family of House Harkonnen was this village named after?
3. The Imperial Spice Minister, Count Hasimir Fenring, celebrated his anniversary with a grand banquet attended by many notable personalities from Arrakis as well as from other worlds. Much to his and his wife's surprise, a diplomat from House Ecaz was murdered at the banquet by the ambassador from which planet?
4. Emperor Shaddam IV had married Lady Anirul of the Bene Gesserit to secure his position after ascending to the Golden Lion Throne. Unbeknownst to him, the Sisterhood had ordered Lady Anirul to bear only daughters, denying Shaddam IV a royal heir. Which of the daughters was the oldest?
5. Duncan Idaho (the original one, at any rate) survived a Harkonnen hunt on Giedi Prime, made his way to Castle Caladan, and entered service to House Atreides initially as a stable boy. As Duncan prepared to leave for Swordmaster training on the Planet Ginaz, what did Duke Leto Atreides give to him as a going-away present?
6. After years of suffering from an undiagnosed disease that caused him to gain weight and become a "puffy, red-faced caricature," Baron Vladimir Harkonnen was forced to seek the services of a very expensive Suk doctor. Why did he not continue to seek the help of House doctors on Giedi Prime?
7. The early years of Shaddam IV on the Golden Lion Throne were uneasy, primarily due to the expense of Project Amal--an attempt to develop a substitute to the spice melange, under the direction of the Bene Tleilaxu, using their secret facility on the conquered world of Ix. Who originally approved Project Amal?
8. When Duncan Idaho arrived on Ginaz, he was unceremoniously dropped off on a prison island with real thieves and murderers as companions. At the end of Duncan's stay, the "warden" Jamo Reed indicated he expected to see Duncan again at the completion of training. How long was the Swordmaster training on Ginaz?
9. Baron Harkonnen's half-brother, Abulurd, was quite mild-mannered and was "banished" to the planet of Lankiveil after he failed to squeeze adequate profits from the spice gathering operations on Arrakis. His wife of many years, Emmi, looked forward to spending more time with him. Which House did Emmi hail from?
10. While aboard a whaling ship on Lankiveil, Abulurd Harkonnen detected a strange object amid a group of icebergs and chose to investigate. What did he find?
11. After Baron Harkonnen learned of the nature of his debilitating disease, he traveled to the Bene Gesserit home world of Wallach IX to confront Mother Superior Harishka, since the biological warfare waged on his being was forbidden. After this confrontation was sidestepped by the Sisterhood, Rabban decided to take matters into his own hands by piloting the no-ship for a second time. What was the result?
12. After years of flirting with Duke Leto Atreides, the exile Kailea Vernius finally became his concubine and conceived his first child, a son. What was the child's name?
13. It did not take long after the birth of their son for the relationship between Leto and Kailea to sour. The primary reason was the arrival of lady-in-waiting Chiara, former member of the Imperial staff on Kaitain who worked secretly for House Harkonnen. Of the following four choices, which one likely did *not* add to the strain between Leto and Kailea?
14. Liet Kynes and his blood brother Warrick traveled to the south polar region of Arrakis when they unexpectedly encountered the renegade Earl of Ix, Dominic Vernius. Why had Liet and Warrick traveled to this region in the first place?
15. On a pleasure boating trip, Duke Leto Atreides and his son almost perished in an encounter with an extraordinary entity called an elecrans. How is an elecrans described in the book?
16. The ongoing feud between Houses Ecaz and Moritani affected even the Swordmasters-in-training on Ginaz, as several of the students were forced to choose between being expelled or denouncing the policies of House Moritani. Who led the trainees in their staunch support for their House?
17. An avalanche that destroyed Bifrost Eyrie on Lankiveil started a more tragic series of events for House Harkonnen, involving the killing of family members by Beast Rabban and even a covert visit by the Bene Gesserit. Which member of the Sisterhood visited Lankiveil specifically to further the Kwisatz Haderach breeding program?
18. Liet Kynes and his blood brother Warrick desired the same Fremen woman, who issued the "mihna" challenge to decide which of the two deserved to share her life. Only one triumphed in this race, but both eventually became her husband. What was this Fremen woman's name?
19. To consider the direction of his life after losing the "mihna" challenge to his blood brother Warrick, Liet accompanied the renegade Ixians off-world to another base of operations. There he met, for the first time, the slave-turned-smuggler Gurney Halleck. Where did Liet travel to?
20. For the sake of his newborn son, Abulurd Harkonnen went to Kaitain and declared that he was formally renouncing the Harkonnen name. What was the name of his younger son, the full brother of Beast Rabban?
21. After years as a renegade, Dominic Vernius visited Ix for the first time since his House was driven from there and saw, in person, the horrors being inflicted on his people. He decided there was only one fitting reprisal--what was it?
22. Dominic Vernius was unable to carry out his reprisal, betrayed by those he had bribed to provide the transport the Ixians needed. Dominic was compelled to make a final stand at his base of operations in the south polar region of Arrakis--how did he meet his end?
23. The disaster that befall House Atreides towards the end of "Dune: House Harkonnen" forced Lady Jessica to make a fateful decision regarding the child she was to have with Leto. The first tremors of the arrival of Kwisatz Haderach were felt on faraway Arrakis, where a dying Warrick whispered warnings about the "Lisan Al-Gaib." How did Warrick die?
24. The skyclipper disaster was the second major tragedy to befall House Atreides in Leto's lifetime, and like the first, this one was triggered from within Castle Caladan. Leto dealt firmly with one of the major perpetrators, earning the Duke the following nickname:
25. Twenty years after he took over as Imperial Planetologist on Arrakis, Pardot Kynes met an untimely end in the Plaster Basin project, an underground cavern where he and the Fremen cultivated trees and other growing things--a reflection of what he envisioned Arrakis could become someday. How did he die?
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