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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 group of professionals who traditionally control all printing in Ankh-Morpork raise their rates three times in a year?

2. What river divides Ankh-Morpork?

3. According to Vimes, Vetinari was found unconscious in the stables with how much money?

4. What refers to the act or practice of calling public attention to one's product, service, need, etc.?

5. What refers to a group of Ankh-Morpork notables devoted to saving the city from oblivion?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. With what phrase in pages 98-126 does William agree with his father for once?

4. What does the rumor of the Patrician murdering his secretary turn out to be?

5. What skills as a reporter does William learn in pages 98-126? How does he hold up against Carney and Slant?

6. How is William's relationship with his father described in the novel? How does William's education relate to his occupation?

7. What news opens the novel The Truth? Who records this news?

8. Why does William go to the engravers in the beginning of the novel? How is the engraver's office described?

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

10. What shortcoming do the editors find a solution in with Otto Chriek?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss William's views on words and communication in the novel. What drives William to be a newsman? What compels his character toward representation of the truth?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the characters of William de Worde and Lord Havelock Vetinari. What differences are there in age, stature, power, etc.? What similarities can be seen in the characteristics of each?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the character of Ronald Carney and the role that the Guild of Engravers and Printers plays in the novel. Why does the Guild want to stop the Times from succeeding?

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