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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. Who was exiled after Bink?

2. Who is Beauregard?

3. What does Bink vow to find in the next day?

4. Who did Bink choose as a companion through the Peace pines?

5. What did Bink perceive the other man that was with him to be?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is situational magic?

2. What is Magician Trent's plan?

3. What are the differences in the history lesson given by Cherie and the one given by the centaur tutor?

4. How did Trent's tenure in Mundania change him?

5. How does Bink think he may have lucked out yet again?

6. What was the complication with the Shield?

7. Why does Bink refuse the offer of the Sorceress?

8. How is the geis on the Spring of Life's water self serving?

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

10. Why are nicklepedes things to be feared?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why was the Magician Trent considered so evil? Use quotes from the book. Do you agree or disagree with this character's judgment? Why or why not?

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 the symbolism of Bink and Trent, and Iris and Chameleon. Compare and contrast them against each other.

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