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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Abrim do to the door of the tower?
(a) He turns it to ashes.
(b) He opens it.
(c) He breaks it down.
(d) He shatters its glass.

2. Where does Nijel get his barbaric skills from?
(a) His father.
(b) A cave wall.
(c) His brother.
(d) A book.

3. What is the barbarian hero wearing that Rincewind questions?
(a) Mammoth slippers.
(b) A corduroy jacket.
(c) Suspenders.
(d) Woolly underwear.

4. What does the barbarian hero try to steal from Creosote?
(a) A snake.
(b) His treasure.
(c) A crown.
(d) His wife.

5. On Conina, Nijel, and Rincewind's journey what does Creosote want to stop for?
(a) A woman.
(b) Alcohol.
(c) A bathroom.
(d) Food.

6. When Rincewind escapes to the top of the palace, what does he see the wizards do to Seriph's guards?
(a) Threw them off the tower.
(b) Killed them with magic.
(c) Turned them into newts.
(d) Turned their own swords on them.

7. What does Spelter reach for to attack his attacker in the kitchen of the old University?
(a) An iron skillet.
(b) A serving fork.
(c) A pot of boiling water.
(d) A meat cleaver.

8. What object does Coin use to build the new University?
(a) A coin.
(b) An egg.
(c) A snowball.
(d) A stone.

9. What objects do Rincewind, Conina, Nijel, and Creosote find in the secret room of the treasury room?
(a) A magic ring and a magic diamond.
(b) A magic diamond and a magic necklace.
(c) A magic lamp and a magic necklace.
(d) A magic lamp and magic ring.

10. What do Rincewind, Conina, Nijel, and Creosote discover about the booby traps placed by Creosote's grandfather in the treasury room?
(a) They are impossible to survive.
(b) They are easy to surpass.
(c) They no longer function.
(d) They are non-existent.

11. What happens to the slab in the wall that Nijel finds?
(a) Rincewind blows it up.
(b) It revolves.
(c) Rincewood opens it with an "abbra kadabra".
(d) It closes them in.

12. What does Rincewind find at the Library when he goes back on his own after leaving the beach?
(a) All of the books intact.
(b) Wuffles the dog.
(c) The Librarian.
(d) A banana.

13. Why has the Vizier brought Rincewind and Conina to Creosote?
(a) Because Creosote wants the hat.
(b) Because Creosote dislikes the hat.
(c) Because Creosote has the hat.
(d) Because Creosote wants to give them the hat.

14. Why don't the guards throw Rincewind into the spider tank?
(a) Rincewood likes spiders.
(b) Only one spider is in the tank.
(c) There are no spiders left.
(d) Rincewood is afraid of spiders.

15. When Nijel won't stop talking about the wizards' destruction in the tower, what does Rincewind do to him?
(a) Zaps him with magic.
(b) Punches him.
(c) Screams at him.
(d) Leaves him.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the story, how does the shape of DNA come about?

2. How does Nijel react towards Conina after first meeting her?

3. What is odd about the snake in the snake pit?

4. How large is the new University?

5. Why can't the wizards use magic in the Library?

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