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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 was the crime presented in the trial?

2. Why did Cherie stop and tell Bink to dismount?

3. Who is Beauregard?

4. Who else other than Good Magician Humphrey does Bink's girlfriend suggest asking for advice?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why are nicklepedes things to be feared?

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

6. How does Bink view his long trip around the Gap?

7. What was the complication with the Shield?

8. What does Iris explain about talents?

9. What are the effects of a technicolor hailstorm?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What do you value more--integrity or power? Explain your answer, and justify it with at least five hundred words.

Essay Topic 2

What was the importance of Bink and Fanchon safeguarding their individual interests even when confined together? How was this an intelligent move on both their parts?

Essay Topic 3

Define the symbolism of Mundania, and what it represents in the story. Draw parallels to our world. Do you think Mundania is supposed to represent our world? How and why?

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