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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. How does Conina get the genie to do as she asks?

2. Why can't the wizards use magic in the Library?

3. What follows Spelter to the Library when he goes to speak to the Librarian about what Coin said to do with the books?

4. What is missing from Creosote's treasury room?

5. What confession does Creosote tell Nijel and Conina?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Conina tell Rincewind about her stay in the harem?

2. Who does Rincewind meet in the snake pit, and what is he like?

3. Why does RIncewind fight the group about using the magic carpet?

4. What explanation does Rincewind give Conina and Nijel of the Mage Wars?

5. What happens when Abrim arrives to fight the wizards under Coin's control?

6. How does RIncewind respond to Nijel when Nijel tells him to stop being a wizard?

7. Why does Luggage leave Rincewind and walk through the dessert? Where does he go?

8. How do Rincewind and Nijel escape the snake pit?

9. What is Creosote's treasury room like?

10. What does Coin create from the egg?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Explain how Nijel grows throughout the quest from a newly created barbarian to a fierce fighter of the Ice Giants.

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