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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Lasagna.
(b) A sausage.
(c) A hamburger.
(d) A beer.

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

3. What newspaper does William de Worde establish in the novel?
(a) The Ankh Reporter.
(b) Ankh-Morpork Times.
(c) The Ankh Tribune.
(d) The Morprk Herald.

4. Whom does William see crawling in the shadows at the Watch headquarters when he is meeting with Vimes?
(a) Sgt. Detritus.
(b) Sgt. Angua.
(c) Sgt. Colon.
(d) Cpl. Nobbs.

5. The crime scene at the Oblong Office reeks of what smell?
(a) Peppermint.
(b) Beer.
(c) Tobacco.
(d) Urine.

6. Who is the proprietress of a Lodging House for Respectable Working Men?
(a) Ronnie Carney.
(b) Gunilla Goodmountain.
(c) Mrs. Eucrasia Arcanum.
(d) Boddony.

7. How many dwarfs have migrated to Ankh-Morpork in the beginning of the novel?
(a) 35,000.
(b) 145,000.
(c) 17,000.
(d) 50,000.

8. The author writes in the beginning of the novel that William has always been troubled by the nature of _________.
(a) Love.
(b) Life.
(c) Truth.
(d) Death.

9. Vetinari, upon first arriving at William's office, has his fears allayed that the shed is not built on a crack in _________.
(a) The soil.
(b) The cement.
(c) The worlds crust.
(d) Space-time.

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

11. What are miniature, magical, and long-eared creatures that in Discworld enable and operate various appliances?
(a) Imps.
(b) Trolls.
(c) Wizards.
(d) Golems.

12. What does Tulip's apron say when he takes a barbecue set?
(a) "Kill the Cook!"
(b) "Love the Cook!"
(c) "Kiss the Cook!"
(d) "Hate the Cook!"

13. When talking with Vimes at the Watch headquarters, William lets slip that he has not published the rumor about what creature on staff?
(a) A troll.
(b) An Imp.
(c) A vampire.
(d) A werewolf.

14. Who is the first woman to join the Ankh-Morpork City Watch?
(a) Sgt. Angua von Ãœberwald.
(b) Sgt. Angela von Ãœberwald.
(c) Sgt. Amelia von Ãœberwald.
(d) Sgt. Aurora von Ãœberwald.

15. Who must be restrained from outright killing Vetinari when he first exits William's office?
(a) Angua.
(b) Tulip.
(c) Boddony.
(d) Pin.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Guild blocks the engraving of iconographs, but Otto believes that he can teach the imps to ________.

2. Where did the Patrician's dog bite both Pin and Tulip?

3. Who is the head of the forensic unit at the City Watch?

4. When William arrives at Watch headquarters, Vimes forbids William taking notes, lest he be humiliated as which other person?

5. What enormous creatures, considered non-human by racist humans, have come to migrate to Ankh-Morpork in large numbers?

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