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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. Why doesn't Rincewind want to go on the adventure?

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

3. How does Rincewind get his directions as to what to do to help get rid of the sourcerer after he meets Conina?

4. What does Conina see in the water?

5. What does Coin do to Billias?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the Luggage?

2. What occurs between Carding and the Patrician?

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

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

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

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

7. How do Carding and Spelter feel about Coin after seeing his first feats?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain how Nijel grows throughout the quest from a newly created barbarian to a fierce fighter of the Ice Giants.

Essay Topic 2

What role does Spelter play throughout the novel? How is he a good wizard? What mistake did he make? How does he attempt to rectify his mistake? What does it cost him?

Essay Topic 3

Compare the hat to Carding. What causes do they set out for? Is either one of them all good or all evil? How do they add to the conflicts in the novel?

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