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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. Where does the cat ride as it leaves the castle?

2. Where will Hwel's new play be performed?

3. Who is convinced that strong men, rather than mere words, change the world?

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

5. What is the vocation of the dwarf offended by the Fool in the bar?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What is Lady Felmet's ultimate demise?

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

7. How does the Fool realize that he has located whom the king sent him to find?

8. The Fool convinces Felmet to fight the witches with rhetoric. How does Lady Felmet initially feel about this?

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

10. What does Magrat notice about the Fool once she gives him a closer look?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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?

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