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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 lands on the Fool's head?

2. Where does Magrat sit at Felmet's play?

3. Who are the unlikely actors that join Felmet's play after witches are arrested?

4. Whose weakened power leads to a crash?

5. Why does Magrat borrow a crystal ball?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Whom do Tomjon and Hwel see get mugged, and what is unusual about the situation?

3. Where does Granny expect to find Tomjon and why?

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

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

6. How does Granny compare theater to witchcraft?

7. Explain how Magrat becomes a witch.

8. What makes the muggers that Tomjon and Hwel witness not quite so bad?

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

10. Explain why the real witches are on stage. Weren't they ordered to be arrested?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Irony is the contrast between what is expected and what actually happens. The three types of irony are verbal, situational, and dramatic. Identify and discuss two examples of irony in the book. Which type of irony is it? What is expected, and what actually occurs with your examples?

Essay Topic 2

What is an antagonist? Discuss the antagonist of this novel in detail, relating the antagonist specifically to the type of conflict featured in the novel.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the importance of the author's choice of grammatical tense in Wyrd Sisters. Define the three types of tenses, and explain how they are typically identified.

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