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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 does Bink come across in a ditch?

2. What does Sorceress Iris' castle appear to be made of?

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

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

5. What is on the monster's back?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the recipe for correctly sowing wild oats, and what is the benefit to doing so?

2. How does Trent feel about Mundania?

3. What is situational magic?

4. What was the Covenant about?

5. What is the shield and how did it come to be?

6. What is Bink's motivation to seek out the Good Magician Humphrey?

7. What is the significance of Humfrey and Beauregard?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast yourself against any character of your choice that appears in this book. What qualities do you admire in the created characters of Piers Anthony? What are qualities you feel you lack that you would like to improve on and why?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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