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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. Who tries to explain the art of the theater?

2. Who says that magic is something that one should use less, rather than more, as one grows more experienced?

3. Who tells Magrat that Nanny has been taken prisoner?

4. Who is told to sleep outside the king's door?

5. What angers the king about witches?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who can see King Verence after he becomes a ghost? Who offers him the explanation?

3. How does the Fool first meet Magrat?

4. How does Felmet feel about his newly won kingdom, and what feeling does he get in return?

5. What compels the witches to see a play shortly after they acquire the baby?

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

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

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

9. How do the witches invoke a demon, and what do they learn from the demon?

10. What convinces Granny to meddle in political affairs?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write a character description of the Fool. Was he a major character or minor one? Support your answer with specific evidence form the story and be sure to include definitions of major and minor character. Discuss the specific role of the Fool in Wyrd Sisters.

Essay Topic 2

Define rising action as an element of plot. Discuss in detail the rising action in Wyrd Sisters. How does the author present it? How does the rising action flow? How does the rising action add to the suspense of the story?

Essay Topic 3

There are four points of view in which literature is written. They are first person, third person objective, third person limited, and omniscient. Which point of view does the author use in this book? Is this the most effective point of view for this story? Why or why not?

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