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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 Trent say against the castle?

2. Who did Bink kill when he had been transformed?

3. What rather innocuous animal do the trio encounter?

4. What is the only way Chameleon will disarm her bomb?

5. What was the dog's name?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What had distracted Chameleon and what was its purpose?

3. What is the Xanthian version of the Sphinx?

4. How could Trent force Bink and Chameleon to stop their quest?

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

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

7. What was the soldier's attitude to animal brides?

8. How did Bink escape the carnivorous grass?

9. What is the assumed purpose of the magic sniffer?

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

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

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 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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