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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the pilots of the vessel about to be launched called?
(a) Cosmonauts.
(b) Chelonauts.
(c) Echnognauts.
(d) Astronauts.

2. When Death pulls back his hood, who is actually revealed under the cape?
(a) Scrofula.
(b) Io.
(c) Twoflower.
(d) Bravd.

3. Who is the favorite goddess of gamblers?
(a) Destiny.
(b) The Lady.
(c) Chance.
(d) Fate.

4. Why does the young man challenging Rincewind to combat assume that Rincewind has come looking to fight him as well?
(a) The young man assumes Rincewind is a hero.
(b) The young man assumes Rincewind is a barbarian.
(c) The young man assumes Rincewind is a fool.
(d) The young man assumes Rincewind is altruistic.

5. When Rincewind asks Death what the true cause of Rincewind's death will be, how does Death respond?
(a) Terror.
(b) Magic.
(c) Hanging.
(d) Disease.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the combatants does not use a dragon in the mortal combat that Hrun has challenged?

2. Who challenges Rincewind to mortal combat?

3. While Twoflower and Rincewind are being held captive in the palace they were taken to from the vessel, a hut is smashed to pieces by Luggage. Who owns that hut?

4. In the alternate universe, who is Rincewind?

5. While imprisoned in the dungeon cell with Hrun, what does Twoflower reminisce about?

Short Essay Questions

1. As Rincewind flies into the cavern full of dragons amidst the armed guards, what does Kring tell Rincewind?

2. Why do Rincewind and Twoflower seek refuge on the ship in Chapter 4?

3. Why does the captain of the ship that rescued Twoflower and Rincewind tell his men to get into the raft and set the ship on fire?

4. After completing the mortal combat and as Hrun is taking the wine cup from Liessa, he suddenly disappears. Why?

5. Why does Rincewind tell Twoflower not to worry about the Luggage when Twoflower assumes that the Luggage will be lost to him forever?

6. Having been challenged to a fight, both of the brother combatants can choose their own weapons. What do they choose and why?

7. When Rincewind rescues Hrun's sword from the tree the sword is stuck in, what does the sword tell Rincewind?

8. What happens when Hrun tosses a coin into the air as the travelers are resting in the field?

9. As Death sits in his garden sharpening his scythe, why does Death no longer feel the need to chase Rincewind and Twoflower?

10. Why does the city of Krull have a very nautical feel to it?

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