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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4: Close to the Edge, pp. 160-173.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Liessa's proxy for the succession battles?
(a) Bravd.
(b) Twoflower.
(c) Rincewind.
(d) Hrun.

2. At the end of the Prologue, who first notices smoke rising over the land?
(a) A cosmochelonian.
(b) An astrochelonian.
(c) An astronaut.
(d) A cosmonaut.

3. What keeps happening every few minutes to the man on horseback who is lagging behind?
(a) The horse turns the wrong way.
(b) The man falls out of the saddle.
(c) The horse simply stops.
(d) The man pulls back on the reins.

4. Twoflower wishes he had something as the two men near the Edge. What does Twoflower wish he had?
(a) His picture box.
(b) His best friend.
(c) His imp.
(d) His mother.

5. When Rincewind and Twoflower are snapped into an alternate universe, where do the two men land?
(a) On a boat.
(b) In a tunnel.
(c) In a garden.
(d) On an island.

Short Answer Questions

1. After conducting their initial research, what is the key question remaining for the researchers?

2. Why is Rincewind skeptical about riding the dragon to Wyrmberg?

3. How does Weasel characterize Rincewind as Weasel and Bravd leave the other two men on the hilltop?

4. Why does the young man challenging Rincewind to combat assume that Rincewind has come looking to fight him as well?

5. After fleeing from the temple, where do Rincewind, Twoflower, and Hrun end up?

(see the answer key)

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