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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 Creosote suggest that Rincewind, Conina, and Nijel use to escape?

2. What do Rincewind, Conina, Nijel, and Creosote discover about the booby traps placed by Creosote's grandfather in the treasury room?

3. What is happening to the stones of the tower as Rincewind, Conina, Nijel, and Creosote are leaving the secret room?

4. How does Nijel react towards Conina after first meeting her?

5. What does Conina do to Rincewind when he starts to tell Nijel about her father?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Conina and Nijel react upon meeting each other, and what do they say to Rincewind?

2. What happens to Rincewind on the night that he, Conina, Nijel, and Creosote make camp on the beach?

3. While sitting on the magic carpet alone over the city, what conclusion does Rincewind come to about himself and the war?

4. What is Creosote's treasury room like?

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

6. How is Nijel's rescue of Conina so not barbaric?

7. What does Coin create from the egg?

8. What is Creosote's pavilion like?

9. What do the wizards do at Creosote's palace that so disturbs Rincewind, and how does he react when Nijel does not stop talking about it?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

What role does Death play in the novel? What about him is typical of the Death character as seen in other literature, and what is different?

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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