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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 does Elenor's child call Private Archeios?

2. What do the Ephebians uncover beneath Tsortean flagstones?

3. The creator claims to have once done a whole world and left out the _____, which caused people deep psychological problems.

4. How does the eagle in Hell torture the man chained to a rock?

5. What does Rincewind do with his sandwich that the creator gave him?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Lavaeolus' reunion with Rincewind and Eric.

2. What is different about Hell's boredom from the boredom that Rincewind likes?

3. What miscommunication is present between Elenor and the Ephebian army?

4. What is surprising about what Eric wants to be when he grows up?

5. Describe Elenor.

6. How is Eric's third wish fulfilled?

7. Describe "the bill" where Rincwind and Eric are transported after leaving Tsort.

8. Describe how Lavaeolus takes the Tsort citadel.

9. Describe Duke Vassenego.

10. What brings about the destruction of Tsort?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the Disc as a setting. What is possible? What is not possible? What similarities does it share with our world? What is unique about it? Consider the aspects listed below.

a) Society

b) Education

c) Culture

d) Science

e) Beliefs

Essay Topic 2

Describe the presence of ambition in the novel. Which characters are ambitious? Where does their ambition lead them? What are the consequences of their ambition? Are the consequences immediate or eventual? What moral can be found in the consequences of ambition? Does it appear that the author has an opinion on ambition?

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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