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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. As the three travelers are resting in the field, who is watching the three men through the scrying glass?

2. When Rincewind asks Death what the true cause of Rincewind's death will be, how does Death respond?

3. Who challenges Rincewind to mortal combat?

4. Who is Liessa's proxy for the succession battles?

5. What do Twoflower and Rincewind learn about their future in the place they're taken to from the vessel?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why do Rincewind and Twoflower seek refuge on the ship in Chapter 4?

4. How does Twoflower escape from his cell?

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

6. 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?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Throughout the story, there are several characters who attempt to kill Rincewind.

a. Identify three characters who try to kill Rincewind. Describe the situation and how Rincewind escapes.

b. Compare and contrast the characters that try to kill Rincewind, as well as these characters' motivations.

Essay Topic 3

Before arriving in Ankh-Morpork, Twoflower was a risk agent in Bes Palargic.

a. Name and describe the product Twoflower sold while in Bes Palargic.

b. How does Twoflower's previous job enhance the character development to this point of both Twoflower and Rincewind?

c. What does this information from Twoflower's past foreshadow in Twoflower's future?

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