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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. After the play, who invites the women to a pub?

2. Who tells Magrat where Nanny is being held?

3. Whom does the king ask for advice after the people he sent to Granny's house return?

4. What do Lord and Lady Felmet cower under in the prison chamber?

5. Where has the infant's crown been hidden?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Felmet compulsively wash his hands?

2. What does Felmet point out to Granny when she suggests he abdicate the throne?

3. How does the Fool first meet Magrat?

4. What do the witches think about Vitoller?

5. What obstacles must the Fool and Magrat overcome in order to become a couple?

6. What angers Felmet about the four tax collectors who went to Granny's house?

7. Why does the ghost king Verence trap Nanny's cat in the castle?

8. Who explains the ghostly King Verence's feelings of hunger to him? What is the explanation?

9. What cover does Granny use to try to gain entrance into the castle to save Nanny? How does she get inside?

10. What does the Fool tell Felmet when asked about the witches' role in the earthquake.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Define exposition. Discuss the exposition of this novel. What does the reader learn from the exposition in Wyrd Sisters? Is the information consistent throughout the book, or does it change? Explain your answer and reasoning.

Essay Topic 2

Define falling action as an element of plot. Discuss in detail the rising action in Wyrd Sisters. How did it flow? What role did the falling action have in the story, and how did it work?

Essay Topic 3

What is the primary theme of Wyrd Sisters? How does the author present this theme? How does the theme develop throughout the novel?

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