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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author writes that one can cross the city of Ankh-Morpork underground with ___________.
(a) A pickaxe.
(b) A system of tunnels.
(c) A shovel.
(d) A boat.

2. Which member of the Misbegot Bridge Crew uses the loss of both legs to full advantage in bar fights?
(a) Arnold Sideways.
(b) Arthur Crank.
(c) Rufus Drumknott.
(d) Tuttle Scrope.

3. In a meeting with William, Vetinari wonders why normal people need ________.
(a) Magazines.
(b) Books.
(c) Newspapers.
(d) Bibles.

4. Where did the Patrician's dog bite both Pin and Tulip?
(a) The ankle.
(b) The buttocks.
(c) The arm.
(d) The neck.

5. What bleak and spartan boarding school in Ankh-Morpork is the protagonist's alma mater?
(a) Huggletown.
(b) Hugglesworth.
(c) Hugglestones.
(d) Hugglesfield.

6. How much do Slant and Ronald Carney of the newly combined Guild of Engravers and Printers demand for membership?
(a) $200.
(b) $150.
(c) $250.
(d) $100.

7. What do the small dog and figure wearing a strange and grubby coat and a brimmed hat in the beginning of the novel share?
(a) A hamburger.
(b) A beer.
(c) Lasagna.
(d) A sausage.

8. How much money do Pin and Tulip offer a clothes seller to impersonate the Patrician of Ankh-Morpork?
(a) $10,000.
(b) $25,000.
(c) $5,000.
(d) $2,500.

9. What unimaginative member of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch was born above the snow line on a distant mountain and never saw a human until he was five?
(a) Sgt. Detritus.
(b) Sgt. Fred Colon.
(c) Sgt. Angua.
(d) Cpl. Nobby Nobbs.

10. Discworld rides on the back of four giant elephants who in turn stand on what?
(a) The sun.
(b) The earth.
(c) A dolphin.
(d) A star turtle.

11. What citizen of Ankh-Morpork regularly brings to the office of the Ankh-Morpork Times oddly-shaped vegetables that he has grown?
(a) Tuttle Scrope.
(b) Harry King.
(c) Mr. Wintler.
(d) Arthur Crank.

12. Who is the head of the forensic unit at the City Watch?
(a) Harry.
(b) Igor.
(c) Charlie.
(d) Otto.

13. What group of professionals who traditionally control all printing in Ankh-Morpork raise their rates three times in a year?
(a) The Guild of Etchers.
(b) The Guild of Carvers.
(c) The Guild of Printers.
(d) The Guild of Engravers.

14. The Guild blocks the engraving of iconographs, but Otto believes that he can teach the imps to ________.
(a) Draw in the dirt.
(b) Carve stone.
(c) Etch plates.
(d) Use typewriters.

15. What enormous creatures, considered non-human by racist humans, have come to migrate to Ankh-Morpork in large numbers?
(a) Imps.
(b) Trolls.
(c) Gremlins.
(d) Vampires.

Short Answer Questions

1. Pin and Tulip visit Thaumaturgical Park next to the UU to buy what?

2. How many dwarfs have migrated to Ankh-Morpork in the beginning of the novel?

3. What character intent on suicide does the protagonist interview on a fourth-floor parapet?

4. What is Otto Chriek's position for the Ankh-Morpork Times?

5. What is Discworld's premier school of wizardry?

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