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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 protest slogan does Colon invent to rally the common people?

2. What does a thaumivore eat?

3. What does the Librarian have to be careful not to leave behind him when he travels through time via L-space?

4. Why did Brother Doorkeeper's uncle once kick a swamp dragon?

5. What is the name of the new king?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Vimes decide to charge Brother Fingers with the theft of The Summoning of Dragons?

2. Why does Lupine Wonse fire Vimes?

3. Why does Lady Sybil think that Errol's stomach is moving?

4. What effect does Lady Sybil have on the lower-ranking members of the Watch?

5. How does Wonse communicate with the dragon?

6. Why does Nobby decide to call Goodbooy Bindle Featherstone Errol?

7. What did the Supreme Grand Master predict correctly about the people of Ankh-Morpork?

8. What is Lady Sybil's attitude to the possibility of the monarchy being reinstated?

9. What is one thing that Errol (and presumably other swamp dragons) and the huge dragon have in common (apart from being dragons)?

10. How does the dragon manage to return without being summoned?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Vimes and Nobby are astonished by the way that Lady Sybil lives. What expectations do these lower class characters seem to have of the way that the aristocracy lives? How does Lady Sybil fulfill these expectations (or not fulfill them)?

Essay Topic 2

How does the character of Vimes change as the plot progresses? Your essay should cover the following:

(a) His character at the beginning of the plot

(b) His character by the end of the plot

(c) What prompted these changes.

Essay Topic 3

Choose one of the following themes and discuss how it is treated in the text:

(a) Chance, fate and destiny

(b) Language

(c) Social class distinction

Your answer should cover some examples where the theme is highlighted, and state the point of view or opinion that the author seems to take.

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