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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 kept Bink from being entirely too tempted?

2. What was Bianca so sensitive about?

3. What kind of storm did the King manifest?

4. Who greets Bink when he comes back?

5. What does Bink wish he could do at the end of Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is situational magic?

4. What does Iris explain about talents?

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

6. Why does Magician Trent need Bink?

7. How was the night with the Sorceress not one Bink could have afforded?

8. What was the complication with the Shield?

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

10. Why are nicklepedes things to be feared?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

In what ways does Xanth need the Magician Trent? In Bink's point of view, in what ways is Xanth better off without Trent? Which points do you think are most correct and why?

Essay Topic 3

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

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