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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 does enlarging the windows reveal about the Great Hall?

2. What does Billias create after he is challenged by Coin?

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

4. What are the wizards drinking at the feast?

5. What type of bird is circling the Tower of Art?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What happens to the Magnificent Hat which was intended for the new Archchancellor?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"It is a well-known established fact throughout the many-dimensional worlds of the multiverse that most really great discoveries are owed to one brief moment of inspiration." Explain Terry Pratchett's philosophy in regard to this quote and how the great discovery did or did not work in Discworld.

Essay Topic 2

Conina's character is both humorous and strong. In what way is her character humorous? How does this contrast to her strengths?

Essay Topic 3

Critics have said that the novel is humorous. What does Pratchett make fun of? What is his point in poking fun? Does the humor enhance the storyline?

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