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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 has the Librarian been turned into?

2. What does enlarging the windows reveal about the Great Hall?

3. How does the Patrician respond to Carding's words of the future of the city?

4. What does Coin want all wizards to gather for?

5. Which son becomes the sourcerer?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the Luggage?

4. What kind of books does the Librarian watch over and what kind of a Librarian is he?

5. What is the new magic like at the Unseen University now that the sourcerer is there?

6. Who is Conina's father and what is Conina best at doing? What does she want to be?

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

8. What happens to Carding when he touches the staff for the first time?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is the Librarian the stability and soundness of thought throughout the entire novel? What is his goal? Why does he remain an ape and not a man?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the relationship between Coin and his father and explain its effects on the plot of the story.

Essay Topic 3

How are Luggage, the hat, the magic carpet, and the magic lamps symbols? What do they represent? What is their role in the story?

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