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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. Who owns the pub?

2. Who is put in charge of building a boat?

3. Who wanders into the jungle?

4. What does Rincewind find under a rock?

5. What do the wizards build for Mrs. Whitlow?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. Why are the magicians and the teachers of magic so determined to retrieve Rincewind the Wizzard from Fourecks?

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

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

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

6. What is pursuing Rincewind and Mad and how does Mad manage to pull away from them?

7. What does Rincewind discover about the walls and rocks?

8. What does Mad tell Rincewind?

9. What is strange about the watering hole that Rincewind falls into when he is running from Scrappy?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What politically incorrect references are sprinkled throughout the novel? What do these references indicate about the author, if anything? Are they overall offensive or simply humorous? Why?

Essay Topic 2

Although all the wizards don't have much to do with women sexually, they still express interest in Mrs. Whitlow. Why is this? Explain using quotes from the book their lack of association with women and the reasons for this.

Essay Topic 3

What task must be performed twice by Rincewind? Why is he reluctant the second time? What does he see that reveals he will have help the second time, and who is the help?

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