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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What refers to a group of Ankh-Morpork notables devoted to saving the city from oblivion?
(a) Council to Unelect the Patrician.
(b) Committee to Impeach the Patrician.
(c) Council to Impeach the Patrician.
(d) Committee to Unelect the Patrician.

2. What river divides Ankh-Morpork?
(a) River Ankh.
(b) River Sahrn.
(c) River Oryx.
(d) River Conch.

3. What position does Duke Samuel Vimes hold with the Ankh-Morpork City Watch?
(a) Sergeant.
(b) Admiral.
(c) General.
(d) Commander.

4. The author writes that one can cross the city of Ankh-Morpork underground with ___________.
(a) A system of tunnels.
(b) A shovel.
(c) A boat.
(d) A pickaxe.

5. What happens to Otto whenever he takes an iconograph?
(a) He disappears.
(b) He grows larger.
(c) He turns to dust.
(d) He turns to water.

6. Rumors arise in the beginning of the novel that dwarfs are able to turn __________into gold.
(a) Flowers.
(b) Dew.
(c) Lead.
(d) Silver.

7. Which member of the Misbegot Bridge Crew uses the loss of both legs to full advantage in bar fights?
(a) Tuttle Scrope.
(b) Arthur Crank.
(c) Arnold Sideways.
(d) Rufus Drumknott.

8. Which member of the Misbegot Bridge Crew is well-spoken, educated, and sane, but consistently (and wrongly) insists that he has no duck on his head?
(a) Wing Man.
(b) Duck Man.
(c) Mallard Man.
(d) Bird Boy.

9. On what street are the Ankh-Morpork Inquirer headquarters located?
(a) Gloom Street.
(b) Glory Street.
(c) Grape Street.
(d) Gleam Street.

10. William adds a lost-and-found feature and hires a zombie named _________ to write obituaries.
(a) Mr. Bobo.
(b) Mr. Bubbly.
(c) Mr. Bendy.
(d) Mr. Bartrand.

11. What clothes seller in Pseudopolis is a look-alike for the Patrician of Ankh-Morpork?
(a) Boddony.
(b) Charlie.
(c) Lord Havelock Vetinari.
(d) Sgt. Angua.

12. Discworld rides on the back of four giant elephants who in turn stand on what?
(a) A dolphin.
(b) The sun.
(c) The earth.
(d) A star turtle.

13. What newspaper does William de Worde establish in the novel?
(a) The Ankh Reporter.
(b) The Morprk Herald.
(c) Ankh-Morpork Times.
(d) The Ankh Tribune.

14. Vimes tells William about three maids finding Vetinari holding a knife and claiming to be sorry for killing whom?
(a) Igor.
(b) Sgt. Detritus.
(c) Charlie.
(d) Drumknott.

15. Who is the Patrician of Ankh-Morpork?
(a) William de Worde.
(b) Boddony.
(c) Lord Havelock Vetinari.
(d) Sgt. Angua.

Short Answer Questions

1. What refers to the patient, hardworking, logical, and indestructible people who protect Ankh-Morpork from the ever-present threat of fire?

2. Who is the first woman to join the Ankh-Morpork City Watch?

3. How much money do Pin and Tulip offer a clothes seller to impersonate the Patrician of Ankh-Morpork?

4. When talking with William, the head of the forensic unit of the City Watch lets slip that the jailed Patrician has suffered what event?

5. The Ankh-Morpork Inquirer's first issue headlines a woman giving birth to what?

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