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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 does Rincewind demand?

2. What does Stibbons turn into?

3. What is Rincewind asked to do while he waits for morning?

4. What happens to Rincewind after he witnesses this event?

5. What does Stibbons volunteer to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the wizards experience and what is the result?

2. Where does the Bursar go, and what does he see?

3. What tales does Crocodile Dongo regale Rincewind with?

4. What does the God of Evolution suggest that Stibbons start with in his efforts to help and to learn and what does the God believe?

5. What does Rincewind do when he wakes up and why?

6. What few simple pleasures does Rincewind enjoy at the dry waterhole?

7. What do the wizards experience other than becoming the age of children?

8. What does Daggy offer Rincewind when he realizes that he is unable to cover the bet that they made?

9. What was the effect of temporal displacement on Mrs. Whitlow, and how did those who saw her first respond?

10. What problems is the God of Evolution experiencing and what offer does Stibbons make?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Which characters are vital to the restoration of Fourecks? What roles do each of them play and where? How does the author manage to draw parallels between Fourecks and Earth? What are the similarities?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Define some of the allusions made to food, music and movies made in the novel. How do these allusions relate to our world? How do these things play a role in the plot? Do they appear dropped in or as an essential part of the story? Explain your answer.

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