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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. When are Granny and Nanny ordered to be arrested?
(a) As they leave Felmet's play.
(b) When they begin to boo at Felmet's play.
(c) In Act 2, Scene 1 of the play.
(d) When they begin to create a spell at the play.

2. Where does Magrat sit at Felmet's play?
(a) In one of the towers.
(b) Behind stage.
(c) On the front row.
(d) On the courtyard.

3. Who falls on the Fool's head?
(a) Magrat.
(b) The cat.
(c) The ghost.
(d) Nanny.

4. Who stops Hwel's midnight bar room brawl?
(a) A witch.
(b) A barfly.
(c) The Fool.
(d) Tomjohn.

5. What prop does Tomjohn end up using in his role at Felmet's play?
(a) The real crown.
(b) A bench.
(c) The ghost king's sword.
(d) A witch's wand.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom does Hwel go out drinking, even though it's midnight?

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

3. Which witch is responsible for saving Tomjohn's troupe from being robbed as they near the Ramtops?

4. What prop does Tomjohn realize he is missing as Felmet's play begins?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How long does the first kiss between Magrat and the Fool last and why?

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

3. Why does Magrat's broom fall from the sky during Granny's plan to intervene in the government?

4. What is Lady Felmet's ultimate demise?

5. 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?

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

7. Discuss the prop that Tomjon lacks in the Lancre play. What does he use for the prop, and what is ironic about it?

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

9. How does Granny react when she learns that Tomjon is returning to the Ramtops to perform a play?

10. How does Tomjon end a brawl that is picked with Hwel?

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