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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 name of the magician's daughter?

2. What is Satan constantly advertising?

3. What city has the ghost been summoned to?

4. Whose soul talks to Zane in this chapter?

5. What will death's shoes allow Zane to walk on?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Luna say is the difference between white and black magic?

2. How does Zane kill Death?

3. What deal does Zane make with the shopkeeper?

4. How can Zane get to his mansion in Purgatory?

5. Why does Zane kill everyone at the hospital?

6. What role did the magician have in Zane becoming Death?

7. In what way does the theme of death hang over the first chapter?

8. In what way does Zane's first encounter with Death show the positive sides of his job?

9. What does Zane confess to Luna in Chapter 5?

10. What does Zane discover about his powers in Chapter 4?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one of Pier Anthony's previous book and contrast it with the ON A PALE HORSE in terms of the following;

1. Style.

2. Structure.

3. Themes.

Essay Topic 2

Anthony gives some of his main characters religious and mythological names. Pick one of the following religious and examine what meaning their name gives to their character and the story in general.

1. Fate.

2. Luna.

3. Chronos.

Essay Topic 3

In what way does Anthony's novel tackle 1980s issues? How important is it for even fantasy books to examine issues relevant to the time period?

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