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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 kind of delicacies grow on plants that the wizards collect for Mrs. Whitlow?
2. What is Stibbons currently studying?
3. What happens when Rincewind rejects further help?
4. Who offers Rincewind food?
5. Who does Rincewind realize is stalking him?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is ailing the Librarian?
2. What does the story of the Last Continent deal with?
3. What is Rincewind surprised to see depicted, and what does Scrappy tell him?
4. Why are the magicians and the teachers of magic so determined to retrieve Rincewind the Wizzard from Fourecks?
5. What or who stalks Rincewind, and how does he respond?
6. What are the characteristics of most of the magicians and teachers of magic at the Unseen University, and who is the exception?
7. What is strange about the watering hole that Rincewind falls into when he is running from Scrappy?
8. What appears out of the burning marsh and why?
9. What is Rincewind the Wizzard's greatest difficulty?
10. What is pursuing Rincewind and Mad and how does Mad manage to pull away from them?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Although Rincewind finds a place where he seems to belong, he doesn't stay there. Suggest reasons for this. Which characters come back from the earlier parts of the novels to attempt to convince him to stay? What kinds of lives do they offer him if he does so?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss some of the social issues posed in the novel. How do these issues affect the characters directly? Indirectly? Compare these issues to ones in your own community. Are they similar or different? Explain your answer.
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