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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 should you never call the Librarian?

2. Where was Carrot's sword found?

3. Which of the following is Carrot not given him when he sets off to Ankh-Morpork?

4. Which of the following is one of the first to see the dragon at work and survive?

5. How long, according to the general knowledge cited by Vimes, have dragons been extinct?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Carrot not realize about the Mrs Palm's "boarding house"?

3. What is known about Carrot's sword?

4. Where did the dwarfs find Carrot?

5. What is the connection between Lupine Wonse and Sam Vimes?

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

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

8. How did Vimes get injured?

9. Why is Carrot pleased to be ordered to stay at the Watch Headquarters?

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

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

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 3

The true identity of the Supreme Grand Master of the Elucidated Brethen is kept hidden until quite late in the plot. How is the identity of the Supreme Grand Master revealed? Your answer should be in three parts:

(a) Who is the Supreme Grand Master and where has the reader encountered this character before?

(b) What circumstances (facts and actions) reveal the identity of the Supreme Grand Master definitely?

(c) What hints are given prior to this definite revelation about the identity of the Supreme Grand Master?

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