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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 carries Discworld?

2. What can't the wizards change, try as they might?

3. What is brought back to the University that had been latent for some time?

4. What does the head chef use to carve statues?

5. What does Rincewind suggest that he and Conina do to beat the attackers?

Short Essay Questions

1. What occurs between Carding and the Patrician?

2. How do Carding and Spelter feel about Coin after seeing his first feats?

3. What is the new magic like at the Unseen University now that the sourcerer is there?

4. How does the Magnificent Hat convince Conina and Rincewind to get on the boat and go far from the Unseen University?

5. What does the Magnificent Hat tell Rincewind and Conina that they must do?

6. What does Rincewind tell Conina about what he would like to see his future hold?

7. How is Rincewind first described? Why does he leave the Unseen University?

8. Specifically, how does Coin transform the Great Hall?

9. How do Conina and Rincewind get the Magnificent Hat back after it is taken from them at The Troll's Head?

10. What is the Luggage made of and how does it feel about its master?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is RIncewind the hero of the tale?

Essay Topic 2

How does the novel come full circle in the end? Where are all of the characters, and what has become of them? Does the reader appreciate the full circle?

Essay Topic 3

Compare the hat to Carding. What causes do they set out for? Is either one of them all good or all evil? How do they add to the conflicts in the novel?

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