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

2. What kind of a character is Creosote?

3. According to the story, how does the shape of DNA come about?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Creosote's treasury room like?

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

3. What are the six wizards sent to the library for and how do they handle their task?

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

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

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

7. 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?

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

9. Why does RIncewind fight the group about using the magic carpet?

10. What does Coin create from the egg?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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

"It is a well-known established fact throughout the many-dimensional worlds of the multiverse that most really great discoveries are owed to one brief moment of inspiration." Explain Terry Pratchett's philosophy in regard to this quote and how the great discovery did or did not work in Discworld.

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