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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 best outcome if you are defeated by an elf?

2. Who can conduct a wedding in the absence of Brother Perdore?

3. What has Nanny Ogg never had?

4. What is the worst an Elf can do?

5. What do elves use to fly?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Queen Ynci the Short Tempered?

2. What does Diamanda do when she awakens?

3. What does Magrat discover when she checks on Diamanda?

4. How does Magrat react?

5. What disrupts her moment of sentimentality?

6. Why does Magrat head to the Dancers instead of the mountains?

7. What brings tears to Magrat's eyes in Verence's room?

8. Why does Magrat not make it to the Dancers?

9. Why is Magrat again locked into her room?

10. Why does Magrat finally leave her room?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Pratchett depict witches in the book? How does today's society perceive witchery? Do you think that Pratchett's depiction of witches is in any way based on real history? To what extent has he changed the well known stereotype of a witch character?

Essay Topic 2

Choose one of the following and discuss how it affects the tone of the book and helps to express character and theme.

1. Setting

2. Point of view

3. Structure

4. Language

Essay Topic 3

Examine the narrative's setting. What is the impact of it being set in a magical world? Why does the author choose a magical realm as a setting? What might have been different in the book if it had been written in the past, future, or a realistic setting?

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