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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 causes Carding to go flying across the room into the wall?

2. What warning is Rincewind given?

3. What does Rincewind take down from the top of his wardrobe?

4. What does the shadow give to Rincewind?

5. What profession does Conina wish to pursue?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the Luggage made of and how does it feel about its master?

3. What does Conina tell Rincewind about her father and herself?

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

5. Explain how the sourcerer came to be.

6. What does the Magnificent Hat tell Rincewind and Conina that they must do?

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

8. How does the Magnificent Hat convince Conina and Rincewind to get on the boat and go far from the Unseen University?

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

10. How do the townspeople react when the wizards enter the streets and announce they are now ruling the city?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The character of Creosote is round yet static. Explain how Creosote is described using both direct and indirect characterization.

Essay Topic 2

Explain the theme of lust for power, and show how it affects the story line.

Essay Topic 3

Describe Pratchett's concept of Discworld. What holds it up? What surrounds its outside? What cities does it have? Who are its inhabitants. Why does the book say that there can be no map of Discworld?

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