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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 huge reptile that stumbles out of the forest towards them?

2. What does Mrs. Whitlow unintentionally do?

3. Who declares that they will stay on the island?

4. What does the old man with the leather bag order the Trickster to do?

5. What do the Wizards appear to be incapable of obeying?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Death find professionally frustrating, and why?

2. What does the Librarian wonder about?

3. How does Rincewind fair on typical days?

4. Why are the magicians and the teachers of magic so determined to retrieve Rincewind the Wizzard from Fourecks?

5. Why does Mad not believe his grandfathers stories about rain?

6. What does Stibbons observe on Mono Island, and what conclusions does he draw from this observation?

7. What are the characteristics of most of the magicians and teachers of magic at the Unseen University, and who is the exception?

8. What is strange about the watering hole that Rincewind falls into when he is running from Scrappy?

9. How do the wizards become stranded on Mono Island?

10. What is Rincewind the Wizzard's greatest difficulty?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who is most likely able to direct the wizards to Rincewind? What do they find when they go to his quarters? What chain of events is set in motion and what room does it all begin in? How do the wizards become stranded and where?

Essay Topic 2

Which characters are vital to the restoration of Fourecks? What roles do each of them play and where? How does the author manage to draw parallels between Fourecks and Earth? What are the similarities?

Essay Topic 3

What ails the Librarian? Why are the wizards unable to cure him? What changes does the Librarian go through? Which one lasts the longest? What is the biggest problem with the Librarian's illness?

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