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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. Which son becomes the sourcerer?

2. What does Spelter suggest that the wizards do with Coin?

3. How does death take the sourcerer's mother?

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

5. What does Carding tell the Patrician when he is transported to the Great Hall?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Explain how the sourcerer came to be.

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 RIncewind the hero of the tale?

Essay Topic 2

What changes does Coin bring to Ankh-Morpork from the moment that he arrives to the moment that he leaves? What destruction has been caused because of these changes?

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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