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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 the statue in the Tezuman pyramid of, when Rincewind explores it?

2. Who is Great A'tuin?

3. Who does Eric demand Rincewind to take him to see in Tsort?

4. Who is responsible for entering the mind of a Tezuman priest and driving him insane?

5. What do Tezuman stonemasons make a new statue of?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Rincewind's knack.

2. What is preventing Rincewind from leaving Eric's room?

3. Describe how the Tezuman kingdom looks as Rincewind and Eric exit the jungle.

4. Describe the Tezuman pyramid that Rincewind explores.

5. What are Eric's first three requests to Rincewind?

6. Describe Ezrolith Churn.

7. Describe the Disc from Eric and Rincewind's vantage point when they are transported above it.

8. What are Eric's concerns about the world when he and Rincewind are viewing the Disc from above?

9. How do the Tezumen priests adjust to the death of their god?

10. Describe Death.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Identify the strategic use of names in the novel. What do the names mean? Describe how names fit the nature of the subject they name. What significance does their meaning add to what they name? Are any names used for comedic effect? What is deceptive about the characters with ordinary names in "Eric?"

Essay Topic 2

Describe Astfgl's Hell. How does it differ from traditional Hell? What has every form of torture been adapted to include? Why is traditional Hell more bearable than Astfgl's Hell? Why are the damned happier at the end of the novel? What is Astfgl's Hell a metaphor for?

Essay Topic 3

Author Terry Pratchett uses footnotes. Describe the purpose of the footnotes. How do they fit the genre? What do they clarify? Is it necessary to read the author's other Discworld books to understand them? Would the quality and enjoyment of the novel suffer from their absence?

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