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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. Where is Tuttle Scrope's leatherwork shop supposed to be headquartered?

2. What is another term for a staff representing an office, authority, or baton?

3. Who is the head of the Assassins' Guild?

4. When was Terry Pratchett born?

5. What is the name of Ankh-Morpork's fire department?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does William find the money to rebuild and prove the conspiracy in pages 260-290?

2. What religious allusion is in Pin and Tulip's disguises in pages 163-197?

3. How does William feel about his father's bigotry? How is this illustrated in pages 163-197?

4. What is the final outcome for Tulip in The Truth?

5. What symbolic imagery is depicted in the destruction of the shed in pages 260-290? How is Death described?

6. For whom is Tulip searching in pages 163-197? Why?

7. How does William go about finding his own proof for the Patrician's innocent in pages 163-197?

8. What does the Committee to Unelect the Patrician think of the Times in pages 163-197?

9. What excuse of Lord de Worde's does William refuse to accept in the final section of the book?

10. What leads to William's publishing a half-truth in pages 260-290? Who follows William when he goes to the de Worde estate?

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

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?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the characters of Coffin Henry, Arnold Sideways, Duck Man, and Altogether Andrews. What comic relief do each of these characters provide? What are each of their characteristics?

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