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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Liessa enters the dungeon cell, what does she do to a sleeping Hrun?
(a) Stabs at him with her dagger.
(b) Slices off his ear.
(c) Shakes him awake.
(d) Binds his wrists.

2. What is the name of the vessel about to be launched at the end of the book?
(a) Atlantis.
(b) The Potent Voyager.
(c) The Seeker.
(d) The Phoenix.

3. As Death sits in his garden sharpening his scythe, who pays Death a visit?
(a) Chance.
(b) The Lady.
(c) Fate.
(d) Destiny.

4. As Greicha the First's children prepare to battle for the throne, who has determined the rules for succession?
(a) Greicha.
(b) The Dragonmaster.
(c) The Loremaster.
(d) Liessa.

5. What happens to the slave ship after Twoflower and Rincewind escape from it?
(a) If falls into the sea at the Gorunna Trench.
(b) It is caught in the Circumfence.
(c) It is retrofitted and returns to service.
(d) It limps back to Krull for repairs.

Short Answer Questions

1. While imprisoned in the dungeon cell with Hrun, what does Twoflower reminisce about?

2. What does Rincewind see as he looks over the Edge?

3. Who is summoned by Rincewind in Chapter 4 to explain to Rincewind why he and Twoflower have been chosen for their future role?

4. As Chapter Four opens, where is the boat Rincewind and Twoflower are In?

5. What are the pilots of the vessel about to be launched called?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are the dragons Twoflower sees in Wyrmberg different from the dragons that Twoflower imagined as a child?

2. How does the troll at the Edge of Discworld furnish his home and obtain most of his belongings?

3. According to the Loremaster, what must happen before a succession can occur?

4. Why does Rincewind tell the dragon rider that he will never surrender?

5. As Death sits in his garden sharpening his scythe, why does Death no longer feel the need to chase Rincewind and Twoflower?

6. How does Twoflower escape from his cell?

7. At the end of the novel, while Rincewind wants to get off the ship, Twoflower wants to stay aboard. Why?

8. Why does the city of Krull have a very nautical feel to it?

9. Why is Greicha not dead yet, even though he is old and Liessa has already killed him?

10. When Rincewind rescues Hrun's sword from the tree the sword is stuck in, what does the sword tell Rincewind?

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