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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. Who wrote The Summoning of Dragons?

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

3. What is the brand name of Sam Vimes' favorite whiskey?

4. Which of the following is not a member of the Elucidated Brethren?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does the Patrician consider the dragon to be a problem beyond his skills?

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

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

5. Why is Lady Sybil not offended by Nobby's language?

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

7. What is known about Carrot's sword?

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

9. Why is the wall in the alleyway demolished?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

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

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)?

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