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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. Where is Rincewind determined to go?
(a) Bugarup to catch a boat home.
(b) Dongeroo to find a Hex machine.
(c) Puddleup to find an old friend.
(d) Sugardown to find a wizard.

2. What constant does the Librarian maintain?
(a) The hair of a goat.
(b) The red fur of an orangutan.
(c) The skin of a lion.
(d) The ears of a donkey.

3. Who offers Rincewind food?
(a) The kangaroo.
(b) The aborigine's chief.
(c) A turtle.
(d) A disembodied voice.

4. What idea do the prudish elders reject?
(a) That reproduction is a natural function.
(b) That cloning is not the same as reproduction.
(c) That even the Egregious Professor would want a mate.
(d) That it takes a male and a female in any species to reproduce.

5. What makes Stibbons believe that they have gone back in time?
(a) Everyone appears younger to him.
(b) The star groupings appear where they should have been thousands of years ago.
(c) His watch isn't working correctly.
(d) Evolution is less advanced.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who alone possesses the spirit of scientific examination?

3. How old is the graffiti on the walls at the oasis?

4. What frightens Rincewind?

5. Why does the God curse himself?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Scrappy tell Rincewind about the continent they are on?

4. What does Rincewind notice on the walls and why are they odd?

5. What is the grandfather paradox and why don't the elders accept the basic principle?

6. What is Rincewind the Wizzard's greatest difficulty?

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

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

10. What is unusual about the graffiti that Rincewind sees everywhere?

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