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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 does Billias create after he is challenged by Coin?

2. What is it believed that the sourcerer will bring as stated in one of the wizard books?

3. What profession does Conina wish to pursue?

4. What level of wizardry has Rincewind achieved?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to the Magnificent Hat which was intended for the new Archchancellor?

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

3. What kind of books does the Librarian watch over and what kind of a Librarian is he?

4. What happens with Coin's first encounter with the wizards?

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

6. What occurs between Carding and the Patrician?

7. What does Coin first create when he challenges Billias?

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

9. Who is Conina's father and what is Conina best at doing? What does she want to be?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the theme of lust for power, and show how it affects the story line.

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

What role does Death play in the novel? What about him is typical of the Death character as seen in other literature, and what is different?

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