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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the gargoyles?

2. What warning is Rincewind given?

3. What does Rincewind take down from the top of his wardrobe?

4. What is Conina doing with Rincewind when we first meet them on the ship?

5. Why does the wizard make Koble explode?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Spelter's feeling change in regard to Coin, and what does he do about it?

2. What does the Magnificent Hat claim about its own virtues?

3. How do Conina and Rincewind get the Magnificent Hat back after it is taken from them at The Troll's Head?

4. Specifically, how does Coin transform the Great Hall?

5. What does Rincewind tell Conina about what he would like to see his future hold?

6. How is Rincewind first described? Why does he leave the Unseen University?

7. What does the Magnificent Hat tell Rincewind and Conina that they must do?

8. What is the Luggage made of and how does it feel about its master?

9. What does Conina tell Rincewind about her father and herself?

10. What happens to Rincewind and Conina aboard the ship?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The character of Creosote is round yet static. Explain how Creosote is described using both direct and indirect characterization.

Essay Topic 2

What role does Death play in the novel? What about him is typical of the Death character as seen in other literature, and what is different?

Essay Topic 3

How is the Librarian the stability and soundness of thought throughout the entire novel? What is his goal? Why does he remain an ape and not a man?

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