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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4: Close to the Edge, pp. 192-204.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the pilots of the vessel about to be launched called?
(a) Astronauts.
(b) Cosmonauts.
(c) Chelonauts.
(d) Echnognauts.

2. What keeps happening every few minutes to the man on horseback who is lagging behind?
(a) The horse simply stops.
(b) The horse turns the wrong way.
(c) The man falls out of the saddle.
(d) The man pulls back on the reins.

3. As Rincewind and Twoflower travel to Chrim, Rincewind hears the word quaint for the first time. What does Rincewind think quaint means?
(a) Traditional and secure.
(b) Cute and cozy.
(c) Boring and drab.
(d) Fever-ridden and tumbledown.

4. Who is the Crocodile God?
(a) Night.
(b) Blind Io.
(c) Offler.
(d) Zephyrus.

5. What does Kring tell Rincewind he will teach him?
(a) How to fly a dragon.
(b) How to be a hero.
(c) How to wield a sword.
(d) How to be a warrior.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the hydrophobes?

2. As he is trying to escape from the dryads, what does Rincewind tell his dryad captor to do?

3. As Rincewind and Twoflower are trying to escape from the dragons, why does Rincewind yell at Twoflower to keep going?

4. In the alternate universe, who is Rincewind?

5. As he wanders through the temple, what is Twoflower fascinated by?

(see the answer key)

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