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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 Miss Flitworth realize Bill Door's arm really is when she touches it?

2. Who acts carelessly during a fight at the university and sends off a fireball?

3. What is the name of the world's largest diamond in the book?

4. What do the leaflets littering much of the city say after the hive is destroyed?

5. Who stays behind in the room and struggles against pink tubing so others can escape?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the combination harvester first described?

2. How is Mrs. Cake's séance with One-Man-Bucket described?

3. How are city eggs first described?

4. What does Mrs. Cake tell Windle Poons about the imbalance of life force between the present world and the astral?

5. How is the inside of the pyramid described when Windle Poons and the others first enter it?

6. How is Death's visit to a flower shop described?

7. How does Archchancellor Ridcully defeat a living compost heap in the book?

8. How does Bill Door race the combination harvester?

9. What favor does Windle Poons ask of Mrs. Cake before wandering off in the book?

10. Why can't Bill Door pick up his scythe when he becomes a ghost?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the author's portrayal of money in the book. What might the author be saying about the nature of money based on Miss Flitworth's vast and wasted fortune seen at the end of the book?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the concept of principles that is presented in the book. How does Death's principles define him even in his human form as Bill Door, and what does this suggest about the nature of his character?

Essay Topic 3

The scythe creates the opportunity for much symbolism in the book. Part 1.) What role does the scythe play in the destruction of the new persona of Death and what might this symbolize about the nature of this new persona? Part 2.) How does Death's scythe support his need to work hard? Part 3.) How does the author use the image of the scythe to represent death throughout the book?

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