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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. Whose attention does the Librarian get once he hears the quiet end of Spelter?

2. What happens to the slab in the wall that Nijel finds?

3. What challenge does Abrim with the hat give to the wizards?

4. Where does Rincewind decide to go after the angered outburst over the Circle Sea?

5. When Nijel won't stop talking about the wizards' destruction in the tower, what does Rincewind do to him?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Creosote join the brigade out to fight the evil sourcerer?

2. What does Conina tell Rincewind about her stay in the harem?

3. What happens when Abrim arrives to fight the wizards under Coin's control?

4. Who has the Magnificent Hat chosen to use in its battle against the sourcerer, and how will it battle?

5. What is Creosote's pavilion like?

6. What battles does Luggage go through from page 150-203?

7. Who does Rincewind meet in the snake pit, and what is he like?

8. What explanation does Rincewind give Conina and Nijel of the Mage Wars?

9. What is Creosote like when Rincewind and Conina first meet him?

10. How do Rincewind and Nijel escape the snake pit?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Nijel feel about Conina? How does Rincewind feel about Conina? How does Luggage feel about Conina? How are each of them affected by her? Why are they attracted to her?

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 novel come full circle in the end? Where are all of the characters, and what has become of them? Does the reader appreciate the full circle?

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