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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 is brought back to the University that had been latent for some time?

2. What causes Carding to go flying across the room into the wall?

3. What level of wizardry has Rincewind achieved?

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

5. What carries Discworld?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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 the Magnificent Hat tell Rincewind and Conina that they must do?

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

7. Specifically, how does Coin transform the Great Hall?

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

9. What occurs between Carding and the Patrician?

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

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

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.

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