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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 witness?

2. What does Rincewind dig for?

3. Who does he meet?

4. What does the boat do when the wizards are preparing to depart?

5. Where did Neilette hide?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Snowy make Rincewind suspect magic is being used?

3. Why do the wizards question Stibbons' intentions on Mono Island and what do they hope he might accomplish?

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

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

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

7. 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?

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

9. What tales does Crocodile Dongo regale Rincewind with?

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

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

What colloquial references are made to the people of Australia? How did this add to the set and setting of the novel? Could other cultural references have been to no detriment of the overall plot? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

Many times, Rincewind is in a bind and other characters come along to help him out. How many times was he assisted through the more difficult trials in the book by another individual? What role did this individual play in the plot? Explain your answer utilizing quotes from the book.

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