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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. Who will have to fly around the entire kingdom in Granny's plan?
(a) Magrat and her cat.
(b) Magrat.
(c) Nanny.
(d) Granny herself.

2. To whom does Hwel give a pep talk backstage during the play?
(a) Tomjohn.
(b) Himself.
(c) The witch actors.
(d) Vitoller.

3. Who decides to commission a play?
(a) Granny.
(b) Felmet.
(c) The Fool.
(d) Lady Felmet.

4. Who makes the actor playing Death in Felmet's play forget his lines?
(a) The ghost king.
(b) The Grim Reaper.
(c) Granny.
(d) Tomjohn.

5. Who is ordered to arrest Granny and Nanny?
(a) A body guard.
(b) Guardsmen.
(c) Actors in the play.
(d) The Fool.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Magrat borrow a crystal ball?

2. Who gets mugged on the street after the barroom brawl?

3. Whose out of control broom catches on fire?

4. What does the Fool buy for Magrat during his travels?

5. Once time has been forwarded, whom do the witches seek?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

3. Explain why Tomjon bolts for the door when he is backstage at the play at Lancre.

4. What does the Fool ask Hwel to do on behalf of Felmet?

5. Why does Tomjon refuse the kingship?

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

7. How does Granny compare theater to witchcraft?

8. What bit of foreshadowing is pointed out by Hwel after he and Tomjon witness a mugging?

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

10. Who speaks up when Felmet orders the witches arrested again? What claim upsets Felmet after he orders them arrested?

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