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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when Rincewind rejects further help?
(a) He is bitten by a tarantula.
(b) He is stung by a scorpion.
(c) He is beaten by a kangaroo.
(d) He is gored by a bull.

2. How does Discworld move through space?
(a) On the back of a crocodile.
(b) On the back of a camel.
(c) On the back of a tiger.
(d) On the back of a turtle.

3. What are the senior faculty worried about?
(a) The grade averages.
(b) The Librarian's health.
(c) The cost of tuition.
(d) The government grants.

4. What does Mrs. Whitlow unintentionally do?
(a) Use magic.
(b) Stir up passion in the wizards.
(c) Get lost.
(d) Find the Professor.

5. What does Scrappy tell Rincewind about the continent they are on?
(a) That it was made 30,000 years ago.
(b) That it is self-destructing.
(c) That it is a copy of another.
(d) That it is run by mammals.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rincewind find under a rock?

2. Who is the UU's housekeeper?

3. Who is Death's butler?

4. What does Mad think is a story produced by too much beer?

5. What is ailing the Librarian?

Short Essay Questions

1. What appears out of the burning marsh and why?

2. How does Rincewind fair on typical days?

3. What are the characteristics of most of the magicians and teachers of magic at the Unseen University, and who is the exception?

4. What is wrong with the Librarian that is causing Rincewind to be sought by the Unseen University?

5. What do the wizards manage to find in the way of food?

6. How did Rincewind the Wizzard get lost on the largely mythical continent of Fourecks?

7. What assertion is made about all tribal myths, including the one about the old man who carries the universe around in a leather bag, and what is that assertion dependent upon?

8. What does Death find professionally frustrating, and why?

9. What does the Librarian wonder about?

10. What does the story of the Last Continent deal with?

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