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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When talking with William, the head of the forensic unit of the City Watch lets slip that the jailed Patrician has suffered what event?
(a) Food poisoning.
(b) A blow to the head.
(c) Internal bleeding.
(d) A broken leg.

2. Who is on duty in the Oblong Office when William comes investigating the Patrician's alleged attempted murder?
(a) Colon.
(b) Detritus.
(c) Nobbs.
(d) Dinwiddie.

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

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

5. 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) Space-time.
(d) The worlds crust.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the beginning of the novel, the dwarfs print 100 copies of William's newspaper and price each at ______.

2. What refers to the patient, hardworking, logical, and indestructible people who protect Ankh-Morpork from the ever-present threat of fire?

3. How much money do Pin and Tulip offer a clothes seller to impersonate the Patrician of Ankh-Morpork?

4. Vimes tells William about three maids finding Vetinari holding a knife and claiming to be sorry for killing whom?

5. Williams claims when talking with Vimes that he is answerable to __________.

Short Essay Questions

1. How are Tulip and Pin described in the narrative? What was Pratchett's inspiration for the characters?

2. How do the Patrician and William meet? How do they differ on the value of letters?

3. What reporter does William hire in pages 32-64? How is she described?

4. What obstructions does the Guild of Engravers pose for the Times in pages 98-126?

5. What happens when William interviews Arthur Crank?

6. What clues does William discover and expand on in the Oblong Office in pages 98-126?

7. Who is the Patrician's look-alike? What other characters are introduced in pages 32-64?

8. What happens to the thief who accosts Pin and Tulip in pages 98-126? What "prize" does Tulip gain?

9. How does the discussion between William and the Patrician in pages 64-98 illuminate the theme of truth?

10. What temptation does Otto face when Sacharissa is injured in pages 98-126? Why?

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