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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Rincewind get his directions as to what to do to help get rid of the sourcerer after he meets Conina?
(a) From the hat.
(b) From a pidgeon.
(c) From the stars.
(d) From Conina.

2. What happens to the gargoyles?
(a) They are broken by flying stones.
(b) They are pushed off of the roof.
(c) They climb off of the roof.
(d) They fall off of the roof.

3. Why does Rincewind put on the hat while on the ship?
(a) He wants to ask it a question.
(b) It wants to make him more powerful.
(c) It wants to use his eyes.
(d) He wants to check out its power.

4. How do Carding and Spelter feel about the sourcerer coming to the University the day after he arrives?
(a) They are frightened.
(b) They are pleased.
(c) They are worried.
(d) They are angry.

5. How old is the sourcerer when he arrives at the University?
(a) About 30.
(b) About 10.
(c) About 15.
(d) About 100.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Conina see in the water?

2. What decision does Rincewind make about the hat after it is taken from the ship?

3. What does Coin do to the pictures of the Archchancellors hanging in the Great Hall?

4. Which son becomes the sourcerer?

5. What does Spelter tell the Librarian the first time he visits him after Coin arrives?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Conina and Rincewind get the Magnificent Hat back after it is taken from them at The Troll's Head?

2. Specifically, how does Coin transform the Great Hall?

3. What does Rincewind tell Conina about what he would like to see his future hold?

4. What does the Magnificent Hat claim about its own virtues?

5. What does Coin first create when he challenges Billias?

6. What happens to Rincewind and Conina aboard the ship?

7. What is the Luggage?

8. How does Spelter's feeling change in regard to Coin, and what does he do about it?

9. What challenge does Coin propose to the wizards in regard to their power and Discworld?

10. How is Rincewind first described? Why does he leave the Unseen University?

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