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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. What member of the Lawyers Guild considers himself a facilitator between Mr. Pin and Mr. Tulip?
(a) Mr. Slant.
(b) Mr. Sprint.
(c) Mr. Sawyer.
(d) Mr. Singer.

2. Which member of the Misbegot Bridge Crew uses the loss of both legs to full advantage in bar fights?
(a) Rufus Drumknott.
(b) Tuttle Scrope.
(c) Arnold Sideways.
(d) Arthur Crank.

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

4. On guard duty in the beginning of the novel, Sgt. Colon and Cpl. Nobbs admit to seeing a rowboat in which who was bickering?
(a) Pin and Tulip.
(b) Mrs. Eucrasia Arcanum and her Boarders.
(c) Sgt. Fred Colon and Cpl. Nobby Nobbs.
(d) Dr. A. A. Dinwiddie.

5. Who is the novel's protagonist?
(a) Mrs. Eucrasia Arcanum.
(b) William de Worde.
(c) Lord Havelock Vetinari.
(d) Sacharissa Cripslock.

Short Answer Questions

1. The crime scene at the Oblong Office reeks of what smell?

2. Which member of the Misbegot Bridge Crew is well-spoken, educated, and sane, but consistently (and wrongly) insists that he has no duck on his head?

3. What happens to Otto whenever he takes an iconograph?

4. While at the Watch headquarters, what picture does Vimes give to William to publish in his paper?

5. The Ankh-Morpork Inquirer's first issue headlines a woman giving birth to what?

Short Essay Questions

1. How and why is a plot developed against the Patrician of Ankh-Morpork?

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

3. What does William fear about the Times' growth in pages 32-64?

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

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

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

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

8. What effect does the iconograph machine have on Otto? How does the iconographer work?

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

10. What is revealed about the City Watch and Commander Vimes in pages 32-64?

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