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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 does Tulip wear on a string around his neck, which assures him of returning to life after he dies, no matter what he has done?

2. Who kills Tulip at the end of the novel?

3. What is taken from Tulip just before he is killed?

4. William calculates that $70,000 in coins would weigh how much?

5. William writes a story for his paper disproving women in Lancre bearing ___________.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does a crowd form at the Times in pages 197-229? What does Sacharissa make of it?

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

4. What demand does William make of his father in the final section of the book? What is Lord de Worde's response?

5. What do Sacharissa and Rocky go to the de Worde townhouse for in pages 229-260? What do they discover?

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

7. What leads Pin to murder Tulip in pages 260-290?

8. How does William's sense of the truth affect him as a newspaper writer?

9. Why do the dwarfs attempt to break into the Inquirer's office in pages 229-260? Who do they find?

10. What does the addition of color do to production of the Times?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the character of Sacharissa Cripslock. Who is Sacharissa's grandfather? What relationship did she have with the protagonist before this point?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and analyze William's interaction with Arthur Crank in the narrative. How does William encounter Crank? How does he determine this is "street performance"?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Pratchett's use of simile and metaphor in the novel and analyze the repeated phrase "lies could run around the world before the truth could get its boots on." What does this mean? Do you agree or disagree with the analogy? Why?

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