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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 do the Tsorteans store in the entrance to the citadel that Lavaeolus uses?

2. What breaks the treadmill in Hell?

3. Where does Elenor say the rest of the Tsorteans are?

4. What are several chained and groaning people being shown in the second Hell pit that Rincewind and Eric encounter?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Lavaeolus' reunion with Rincewind and Eric.

2. Describe Lavaeolus.

3. How is Eric's third wish fulfilled?

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

5. Why is the man Rincewind and Eric meet in "the bill" insist on being "a creator" instead of "the Creator?"

6. Describe Elenor.

7. Describe Urglefloggah.

8. How is Astfgl instrumental in the ending of his own reign?

9. What is Lavaeolus' fate?

10. Describe how Lavaeolus takes the Tsort citadel.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Identify symbols used in "Eric." Specify what they symbolize. What is their main purpose? What humor can be found in their meanings? How do they relate to the characters? How do they evoke mood in a setting?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Find evidence of cowardice as a theme in the novel. Which characters are cowards? What are the consequences of cowardice? 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?

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