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Quiz about Dune The Machine Crusade Part 1 of 2

Dune: The Machine Crusade - Part 1 of 2 Quiz

The "Legends of Dune" Trilogy continues with "The Machine Crusade." We now know all the characters, so we are free to revel in this fascinating universe as the heroes and villains play out their victories and tragedies across the galaxy. Good luck!

A multiple-choice quiz by traderider. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
traderider

Time
6 mins

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Multiple Choice

Quiz #
198,483

Updated
Jul 23 22

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15

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Question 1 of 15

1. As the story opens, the forces of the Army of the Jihad are outnumbered 10:1 by the forces of the thinking machines around IV Anbus. What technological innovation allows the Army of the Jihad to hold off such odds? Hint

The lasgun

The Holtzmann shield

The Holtzmann foldspace engine

Atomic warheads

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Question 2 of 15

2. Iblis Ginjo was a human trustee on Earth who was able to flee the final destruction of the planet and find refuge on Salusa Secundus. He eventually acquires power as the leader of a Council that would bypass the bureaucracy of Parliament in military decision-making. What title does he take for himself? Hint

Grand Patriarch of the Jihad

Protector of Salusa Secundus

Judge Advocate of Parliament

Freedom Fighter from Earth

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Question 3 of 15

3. A meeting of the worst enemies of humankind--cymeks, the independent robot Erasmus, and Omnius--occurs on the Synchronized World of Corrin. The Titan Agamemnon accuses Erasmus of triggering the Jihad because of his experiments on humans back on Earth. What allows Erasmus to deflect this criticism? Hint

The Earth-Omnius update never arrived on Corrin

Erasmus blames the Titan Ajax for triggering the Jihad

Erasmus was not on Earth when the Jihad began

Erasmus blames the Earth-Omnius for triggering the Jihad

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Question 4 of 15

4. On IV Anbus, the ground forces of the Army of the Jihad set up positions in two villages to ambush the thinking machines that are making their way to the capital city. Why do these ambushes fail? Hint

Neither of these

The locals sabotage the weapons

Both of these

The locals poison the soldiers

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Question 5 of 15

5. With the failure of the ambush on IV Anbus, Primero Xavier Harkonnen is forced to resort to drastic measures to defeat the thinking machines' ground forces. What does he do? Hint

He orders the locals to fight the thinking machines

He orders the execution of the IV Anbus leader

He orders the Ginaz mercenaries to fight to the death

He blows up a dam outside the capital city

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Question 6 of 15

6. Selim Wormrider continues to live the life of an outlaw in the desert wilderness of Arrakis, attracting followers and vowing to disrupt the trafficking of melange to off-worlders. As he watches one of his young followers, Biondi, attempt to ride a sandworm for the first time, who joins Selim's band? Hint

Jafar

Dhartha

Aziz

Marha

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Question 7 of 15

7. Aurelius Venport of Rossak used pharmaceuticals from his home planet, as well as the glowglobe inventions of Norma Cenva, to bring great profits to VenKee Enterprises. Who is Venport's business partner? Hint

Tuk Keedair

Norma Cenva

Zufa Cenva

Serena Butler

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Question 8 of 15

8. Erasmus and Corrin-Omnius discuss possible avenues for further understanding, and eventually defeating, humans. What aspect of the humans does the Corrin-Omnius task Erasmus to study in order to better understand them? Hint

Religion

History

Art

Philosophy

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Question 9 of 15

9. After the ground battle of IV Anbus concludes, Vergyl Tantor (adoptive brother of Primero Xavier Harkonnen) is captured, tortured, and eventually killed by cymeks.

True

False

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Question 10 of 15

10. Zon Noret leads the Ginaz mercenaries who aid the Army of the Jihad on IV Anbus. How does he die? Hint

He dies in combat training with a robot

He dies because he is unaware his son has reprogrammed the robot

He dies because his son has reprogrammed the robot

All of these

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Question 11 of 15

11. The Army of the Jihad gathers reliable information that a thinking machines attack on the planet of Poritrin is imminent. This attack is defeated, thanks to what measure? Hint

Rossak sorceresses

Improved Holtzmann shields

Decoy spaceships

Atomic weapons

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Question 12 of 15

12. Cogitor Kwyna has lived in the City of Instrospection for a long time, and has given advice to the leaders of the Jihad, Iblis Ginjo and Serena Butler. How does Kwyna die? Hint

By suicide

In a Jipol assassination

In a thinking machine attack

In an accident

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Question 13 of 15

13. In the movie "Independence Day," we humans defeat the invading aliens by planting a virus in the aliens' computer system. A similar plan is carried out in "The Machine Crusade," using the captured copy of the Omnius evermind being kept on Salusa Secundus. Who carries out this audacious plan? Hint

Jool Noret

Xavier Harkonnen

Vor Atreides

Iblis Ginjo

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Question 14 of 15

14. The cymek Barbarossa had set programming restrictions that prevent the computer evermind from attempting to directly kill the remaining Titans. What is the name of the new cymek, likely Barbarossa's equal in programming skills, who would help the Titans in their planned revolt against Omnius?

Answer: (1 word, 7 letters; think Old English!)

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Question 15 of 15

15. As Grand Patriarch Iblis Ginjo departs the festivities on Poritrin, his ship is swallowed up by a massive asteroid that comes out of nowhere. This asteroid is actually a sophisticated machine piloted by a cymek thought to be long gone. What is the name of this cymek? Hint

Tlaloc

Hecate

Barbarossa

Ajax

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

Answer: The Holtzmann shield

The shields had recently been installed on the spaceships of the Army of the Jihad, but they remain unreliable due to a tendency to overheat. Nevertheless, the shields make it impossible for the thinking machines to defeat the humans in a face-to-face battle even with favorable 10:1 odds.

Answer: Grand Patriarch of the Jihad

The full title is actually "Grand Patriarch of Serena Butler's Jihad." At the beginning of "The Machine Crusade," Serena Butler has become a mere figurehead for the Jihad, turning over decision-making to Iblis Ginjo and retreating to the City of Introspection.

Answer: The Earth-Omnius update never arrived on Corrin

The Earth-Omnius update was carried in the update ship that was attempting to flee Earth when Vorian Atreides intercepted it. The Earth-Omnius update, which knew all the facts concerning the beginning of the Jihad, thus never arrives at any of the other Synchronized Worlds--at least not in its original form.

Answer: Both of these

The local Buddislamic inhabitants resist any attempts by the Army of the Jihad to assist them. They later offer the soldiers drinks laced with poison, incapacitating them and allowing themselves the opportunity to remove the weapons' power packs.

5. With the failure of the ambush on IV Anbus, Primero Xavier Harkonnen is forced to resort to drastic measures to defeat the thinking machines' ground forces. What does he do?

Answer: He blows up a dam outside the capital city

Xavier Harkonnen orders that explosive charges be used to destroy the dam of the capital city of Darits, resulting in the destruction of the thinking machines' ground forces as well as the sacred city of Darits itself. As written in the book, "He detonated the explosives himself."

Answer: Marha

Marha joins Selim's company for the first time as Biondi unsuccessfully attempts to ride a sandworm. Jafar is Selim's second-in-command, Dhartha is the Naib who exiled Selim, and Aziz is the grandson of Naib Dhartha.

Answer: Tuk Keedair

The two business partners in VenKee Enterprises are Aurelius VENport and Tuk KEEdair. Keedair, of course, is the former slave merchant from Tlulaxa who found more profitable activities outside the slave trade.

Answer: Religion

Erasmus thinks about how the Cogitors could have provided him with all the information he needed about religion. He then remembers his contacts with the Cogitor Eklo on Earth, and proceeds with his investigations by reviewing all his conversations with Eklo.

9. After the ground battle of IV Anbus concludes, Vergyl Tantor (adoptive brother of Primero Xavier Harkonnen) is captured, tortured, and eventually killed by cymeks.

Answer: True

General Agamemnon raids the IV Anbus system after the main battle between the Jihadis and the thinking machine ships is over. The shields on Tercero Tantor's battleship overheat and fail, and the Jihadi ship eventually succumbs to relentless attacks from the cymek ships.

10. Zon Noret leads the Ginaz mercenaries who aid the Army of the Jihad on IV Anbus. How does he die?

Answer: All of these

Chirox is a thinking machine that is being used exclusively by Zon Noret for combat training. His accidental death at the "hands" of Chirox drives his son Jool Noret to an obsession over his own training.

11. The Army of the Jihad gathers reliable information that a thinking machines attack on the planet of Poritrin is imminent. This attack is defeated, thanks to what measure?

Answer: Decoy spaceships

The project to build decoy spaceships is the brainchild of Vorian Atreides, who uses his familiarity with the thinking machines to win battles for the Army of the Jihad with minimum casualties. This approach contrasts with the rigid application of force practiced by Xavier Harkonnen. And thus the tension between the two begins.

12. Cogitor Kwyna has lived in the City of Instrospection for a long time, and has given advice to the leaders of the Jihad, Iblis Ginjo and Serena Butler. How does Kwyna die?

Answer: By suicide

Kwyna holds one last conversation with Serena, and then says, "It is time for me...to cease." Serena finally understands the evils that have been done in her name, especially by Iblis Ginjo, and resolves to become the true leader of the Jihad.

Answer: Vor Atreides

Primero Atreides does not ask permission, but simply takes the Omnius copy and corrupts its programming. He then plants it in the update ship piloted by his former robot colleague Seurat, still drifting through Earth's solar system many years after the atomic destruction of Earth.

Answer: Beowulf

Beowulf proves his expertise by reprogramming the watcheyes that observed the Titans' gatherings. Thus begins the revolt that would transform the galactic war into a three-way contest.

Answer: Hecate

Hecate is a cymek who was the lover of Ajax, but "had surrendered her position among the Titans and departed for parts unknown." She joins the fray now when the Army of the Jihad needs help in the fight against the thinking machines, but her motivations for doing so are certainly elusive.

Source: Author traderider

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