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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 is the favorite goddess of gamblers?

2. As Death sits in his garden sharpening his scythe, who pays Death a visit?

3. How does Rincewind learn that the area he is entering on the back of a dragon is full of magic?

4. What is Ajandurah's Wand of Utter Negativity?

5. What is the name of the princess' dragon?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the hooded figure's reply when Rincewind mocks him as Twoflower and Rincewind are boarding the vessel?

2. What is the reward Goldeneyes has been promised for building the fish-shaped craft?

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

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

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

6. How does Twoflower escape from his cell?

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

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

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

10. Having been challenged to a fight, both of the brother combatants can choose their own weapons. What do they choose and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Twoflower, Rincewind, and Hrun are the three characters featured most prominently in the story. Compare and contrast these three characters in terms of personality, characteristics, and moral codes.

Essay Topic 2

Chapter One begins with researchers trying to examine the Great A'Tuin in order to figure out how and why their universe was created.

a. Compare and contrast the main theories operating in Discworld as to the great turtle and what its purpose is.

b. How does the exploration of the universe's creation in the story parallel efforts in today's world to determine our world's creation?

Essay Topic 3

In Dunmanifestin, the gods are playing a board game that is affecting the events in Discworld.

a. Identify and describe the players in the game.

b. How are the game's moves affecting the characters in Discworld?

c. Why does the author introduce the idea of the characters in Discworld be controlled by an outside source? What purpose does this serve? How does this idea further the story line?

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