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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 do Twoflower and Rincewind learn about their future in the place they're taken to from the vessel?

2. When Rincewind asks Death what the true cause of Rincewind's death will be, how does Death respond?

3. Who challenges Rincewind to mortal combat?

4. As Chapter Four opens, Rincewind and Twoflower are bailing out water from their boat. Where have the two men just escaped from?

5. When Rincewind wakes up after going over the Edge, where is Rincewind?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. Why is Greicha not dead yet, even though he is old and Liessa has already killed him?

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

4. Why does the Lady not have a temple built in her honor?

5. How are the dragons Twoflower sees in Wyrmberg different from the dragons that Twoflower imagined as a child?

6. How does Twoflower escape from his cell?

7. What is the hooded figure's reply when Rincewind mocks him as Twoflower and Rincewind are boarding the vessel?

8. Why does the client maim Goldeneyes after Goldeneyes completes each job?

9. According to the Loremaster, what must happen before a succession can occur?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Chapter One begins with researchers trying to examine the Great A'Tuin in order to figure out how and why their universe was created.

a. Compare and contrast the main theories operating in Discworld as to the great turtle and what its purpose is.

b. How does the exploration of the universe's creation in the story parallel efforts in today's world to determine our world's creation?

Essay Topic 2

Before arriving in Ankh-Morpork, Twoflower was a risk agent in Bes Palargic.

a. Name and describe the product Twoflower sold while in Bes Palargic.

b. How does Twoflower's previous job enhance the character development to this point of both Twoflower and Rincewind?

c. What does this information from Twoflower's past foreshadow in Twoflower's future?

Essay Topic 3

Both Kring and Luggage are inanimate objects infused with magical qualities that bring them to life.

a. Describe both of these objects in terms of the objects' looks and characteristics.

b. Compare and contrast these two objects in terms of purpose in the story, affect on the other characters, and overall plot impact.

c. What lasting effects do each of these objects have on the main characters that they come into contact with? Why are these changes important to character development?

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