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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 would Fanchon not mind being?

2. What does the harpy threaten to do?

3. What was the second monster that appeared?

4. What does the soldier think of Magician Trent?

5. What is it that Trent actually fears?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Trent's rationale as to how the crossbreeds got started?

2. Where were Trent and Fanchon while the fight over Bink was ensuing?

3. What were the two conditions Trent had to fulfill to stay in Xanth?

4. Why couldn't Trent finish Bink off?

5. How did Bink escape the carnivorous grass?

6. What is Bink starting to realize about Trent?

7. What was Bink's argument against Trent going his own way?

8. What qualities does Trent believe would make Bink an excellent citizen of Xanth?

9. How did Chester react to Bink's mention of Herman the Hermit?

10. What were the transformations Bink endured, and what was the purpose of each?

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

How is Magician Trent's idea of controlled colonization good for the whole of Xanth? Why is it that Bink disagrees with Trent? Whose side in this argument do you take, and why?

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