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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 good were the sponges Bink sought?

2. How many seconds did Bink have when the stone turned red?

3. What did the King do in regard to the note from Humfrey?

4. What was so authentic about the cookies that Iris baked?

5. Who is best to accompany you through the peace pines?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Iris want with Bink?

2. What are Bink's considerations regarding the chasm?

3. What was it that finally settled Bink on the Shade's sincerity?

4. What happened when Humfrey tried to reveal the nature of Bink's talent?

5. Why was the Fourth Wave the most important and meaningful to the human population of Xanth?

6. Why are nicklepedes things to be feared?

7. What is the significance of Humfrey and Beauregard?

8. What does Iris explain about talents?

9. What did Bink realize about the sea monsters he first encountered?

10. What does Humfrey determine about the nature of Bink's talent?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Illustrate Bink's change in attitude to the Evil Magician Trent? What events spawned this change?

Essay Topic 2

In ways other than magic, in what ways do Xanth and Mundania differ? What elements of Mundane nature are more barbaric and uncivilized than the Xanthians? Explain why you've taken these points of view.

Essay Topic 3

Explain why the possession of a magic talent should be considered obscene by the centaurs. Hypothesize why the possession of magic should be obscene to centaurs but necessary for humans.

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