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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 are the wizards drinking at the feast?

2. What convinces Rincewind that he should help the shadow?

3. What does Coin do to the glittering ball?

4. What does the sourcerer request when he gets to the feast?

5. As Spring came who was being "elected" at Unseen University?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What happens with Coin's first encounter with the wizards?

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

10. What is the Luggage?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the genie of the lamp differ from the traditional genies found in lamps in other literature? Why might Pratchett have created such a genie? Be specific when making the comparison.

Essay Topic 2

What are the dynamics of the relationship between Coin and Ipslore (the staff)? How is the relationship destructive for Coin? How does he battle against it? How does he win? Is the reader sympathetic to him all the way through the novel or only after certain discoveries?

Essay Topic 3

War, Famine, and Pestilence are personified in the novel. What is their role in the novel? Why does Pratchett personify them?

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