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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 is Ajandurah's Wand of Utter Negativity?

2. Who are the three characters that take refuge inside the ship when the arrows start flying just before the ship is scheduled to be launched?

3. What is the name of the hooded figure in Chapter 4?

4. After picking Twoflower and Rincewind from the Edge, where is the vessel taking then?

5. Who made the deal with the arch-Astronomer to offer a sacrifice so that the danger of the attempt to learn Great A'Tuin's gender will be lessened?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the captain of the ship that rescued Twoflower and Rincewind tell his men to get into the raft and set the ship on fire?

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

3. How does Twoflower escape from his cell?

4. What happens when Hrun tosses a coin into the air as the travelers are resting in the field?

5. Why does Rincewind tell Twoflower not to worry about the Luggage when Twoflower assumes that the Luggage will be lost to him forever?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

By the end of the story, Rincewind and Twoflower have been away from Ankh-Morpork for six months. How have both characters been changed from the beginning of the story? Provide specific examples. How has the relationship between these two men changed from the beginning of the story? Support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

The author uses two different literary techniques as the story is told. Describe the techniques of both flashbacks and foreshadowing. How are each of these techniques used in the story? Give specific examples of each technique. Why might the author have chosen to use both of these techniques in the story? Was the story enhanced by the use of these two techniques? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Throughout the book, the conflict between reason and magic is played out.

a. Identify three scenarios in which reason and magic are at odds. What is the impact of this conflict on the situation and on the characters involved?

b. Explain how the conflict between reason and magic can be explained away and the two ideas can co-exist.

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