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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 246-277.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What title does the Patrician have in Ankh-Morpork?
(a) Lieutenant Sergeant.
(b) Captain.
(c) Governor.
(d) Mayoral dictator.

2. What does Bill Door claim he has no belief in after admitting he is afraid of dying?
(a) People.
(b) Love.
(c) The afterlife.
(d) Happiness.

3. What begins showering from the top of the pyramid?
(a) Food.
(b) Fabric.
(c) Flowers.
(d) Leaflets.

4. Whose palace sends a squad of guards to come investigate the sudden poltergeist activity at the university?
(a) Senior Wrangler.
(b) The Dean.
(c) The Archchancellor.
(d) The Patrician.

5. What is the name of the old woman who Death finds work with as a human?
(a) Renata Flitworth.
(b) Ludmilla Cake.
(c) Evadne Cake.
(d) Doreen Winkings.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator explain is building up in the world in the absence of death?

2. What does the friend the medium contacts say is crowded and is causing poltergeist activity?

3. Where does Bill Door suggest Miss Flitworth's fiancé probably died?

4. What kind of weather do Bill Door and Miss Flitworth endure while trying to collect their harvest?

5. How does Bill Door tell Miss Flitworth he saw her name engraved?

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