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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. As Felmet's play continues, who possesses Tomjohn?
(a) The storm.
(b) One of the witches.
(c) The ghost king.
(d) The Grim Reaper.

2. Why won't the Fool quit his job?
(a) He needs the money.
(b) He says it's his duty.
(c) It would be a waste of his incredible sense of humor.
(d) He's not trained for anything else.

3. Who is actually arrested at Felmet's play?
(a) The witch actors.
(b) The Fool.
(c) Magrat.
(d) Granny and Nanny.

4. Where do many people of destiny go, according to Granny?
(a) To the theater.
(b) Disc World.
(c) Ankh-Morpork.
(d) Lancre.

5. Who is convinced that strong men, rather than mere words, change the world?
(a) Magrat.
(b) Lady Felmet.
(c) The Fool.
(d) Granny.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who feeds lines to the stage-frightened character to try to help?

2. Which character in Felmet's play is overcome by stage fright?

3. Who tries to pick a fight with Hwel when he goes out drinking with a friend after midnight?

4. Who thought the Fool was a short hunchback?

5. The Fool works for _______________.

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain why the real witches are on stage. Weren't they ordered to be arrested?

2. What is Lady Felmet's ultimate demise?

3. Why does Felmet begin to protest during the play at Lancre?

4. What convinces Hwel to accept the offer brought to him by the Fool?

5. How do the real witches decide they can ethically change the course of the play at Lancre?

6. Explain how Magrat becomes a witch.

7. What about the play at Lancre upsets Nanny the most?

8. How does the Fool change Lady Felmet's mind about his strategy to fight the witches with rhetoric? What idea does the Fool's explanation give Lady Felmet?

9. How does Granny plan to intervene with the government?

10. What upsets the ghost King Verence during the performance at Lancre?

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