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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 is Sam Vimes wearing when he goes to confront the mob?

2. How does Vimes drunkenly pronounce "tremble in their boots"?

3. What happens to the wall with the shadowy outlines of the flamed criminals?

4. What wakes Sam Vimes up for the second time when he is staying at Lady Sybil's house?

5. Where does Vimes send Carrot to keep him out of trouble?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Vimes get injured?

2. What do the Elucidated Brethren believe about the obscure words used in their oaths and ritual curses?

3. How does the Thieves' Guild reduce or control crime?

4. What does Vimes notice about the prints in the alley that arouse his suspicions?

5. Why does Vimes completely reject the suggestion that the footprints were made by a wading bird?

6. Why is Vimes bewildered when Lady Sybil answers her door?

7. What incident begins to wake up the more idealistic side of Sam Vimes?

8. Why does the Librarian know that the book was stolen by someone at the University?

9. Why do the watchmen not arrest anyone after the fight in the tavern?

10. Why has Vetinari allowed Vimes to remain in charge of the Night Watch?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Vimes feels a bond of sympathy for the little dragon Errol and takes it to be the Watch mascot. Explain how Errol is symbolic or representative:

(a) What does Errol have in common with the Watch in general?

(b) How does Errol parallel or symbolize Vimes?

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

Many of the characters want Ankh-Morpork to be governed by a monarchy, and this is one of the themes of the novel.

(a) Explain what a monarchy is.

(b) Give some of the advantages of a monarchy.

(c) Give some of the disadvantages of a monarchy.

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