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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. How does Vetinari describe the outlines on the alley wall?

2. What part of the town does the dragon appear in?

3. Where does the Watch headquarters move to?

4. What is the name of Carrot's dwarf girlfriend?

5. What impresses Vimes most about Goodboy Bindle Featherstone of Quirm?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the wall in the alleyway demolished?

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

3. What frustrates the Supreme Grand Master about the magical artifacts brought by the Elucidated Brethren?

4. What is unusual about Lady Sybil's hair?

5. Why is Sam Vimes attracted to Goodboy Bindle Featherstone of Quirm?

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

7. Why does the mob come to Lady Sybil's place?

8. What is noticeable about the magical artifacts brought by the Elucidated Brethren for the second summoning of the dragon?

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

10. What annoys Vimes most about the dragon?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain, using your own words, why the Supreme Grand Master and the Elucidated Brethren decide to summon a dragon. Your essay should deal with the Supreme Grand Master and the rest of the Brethren separately.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

Guards! Guards! is a parody of many works of heroic fantasy. Explain how this work takes some of the clichés or stock situations of the fantasy genre and approaches them. Your answer should cover between three and five of these clichés. For each cliché:

(a) Explain the cliché in its most archetypal form

(b) Explain how the text treats this cliché.

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