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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. What did Bink have to agree to to stay the night?

2. How was the landscape south of the chasm rougher than the north?

3. Who greets Bink when he comes back?

4. What is the main issue with the beautiful young woman?

5. What did Crombie teach Bink to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Humfrey determine about the nature of Bink's talent?

2. What is Magician Trent's plan?

3. How did Trent's tenure in Mundania change him?

4. How is the geis on the Spring of Life's water self serving?

5. What was the complication with the Shield?

6. Why did Bianca react so obtusely to the Wild Oats?

7. What is the shield and how did it come to be?

8. Why was the Fourth Wave the most important and meaningful to the human population of Xanth?

9. What is the recipe for correctly sowing wild oats, and what is the benefit to doing so?

10. Why does Bink refuse the offer of the Sorceress?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain why the possession of a magic talent should be considered obscene by the centaurs. Hypothesize why the possession of magic should be obscene to centaurs but necessary for humans.

Essay Topic 2

How is the desire of Sorceress Iris like that of many people? Draw a direct parallel to our world. Do you suffer from similar motivations?

Essay Topic 3

Draw parallels in this novel where honor is maintained at a certain sacrifice.

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