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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What citizen of Ankh-Morpork regularly brings to the office of the Ankh-Morpork Times oddly-shaped vegetables that he has grown?
(a) Tuttle Scrope.
(b) Mr. Wintler.
(c) Arthur Crank.
(d) Harry King.

2. 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.

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

4. What group of professionals who traditionally control all printing in Ankh-Morpork raise their rates three times in a year?
(a) The Guild of Printers.
(b) The Guild of Carvers.
(c) The Guild of Engravers.
(d) The Guild of Etchers.

5. Who must be restrained from outright killing Vetinari when he first exits William's office?
(a) Pin.
(b) Tulip.
(c) Boddony.
(d) Angua.

6. Who is for seven years the President of the Guild of Shoemakers and Leathermakers and favored to succeed the dishonored Patrician?
(a) Tuttle Scrope.
(b) Igor.
(c) Harry King.
(d) Mr. Wintler.

7. What pledge did Otto take to never again drink human blood or the b-vord as he refers to it?
(a) The Red Fluid pledge.
(b) The Fluid of Life pledge.
(c) The pledge of Self Control.
(d) Uberwald Temperance Movement pledge.

8. Where did the Patrician's dog bite both Pin and Tulip?
(a) The ankle.
(b) The buttocks.
(c) The neck.
(d) The arm.

9. In a meeting with William, Vetinari wonders why normal people need ________.
(a) Magazines.
(b) Books.
(c) Bibles.
(d) Newspapers.

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

11. How much do Slant and Ronald Carney of the newly combined Guild of Engravers and Printers demand for membership?
(a) $250.
(b) $200.
(c) $100.
(d) $150.

12. What does Vetinari claim most normal people crave instead of actual news?
(a) "Tales."
(b) "Accounts."
(c) "Stories."
(d) "Olds."

13. What do the small dog and figure wearing a strange and grubby coat and a brimmed hat in the beginning of the novel share?
(a) A beer.
(b) A sausage.
(c) A hamburger.
(d) Lasagna.

14. How much do Slant and Ronald Carney of the newly combined Guild of Engravers and Printers demand for a one-time shakedown fee from William?
(a) $5,000.
(b) $2,000.
(c) $7,500.
(d) $3,500.

15. 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) Mallard Man.
(b) Duck Man.
(c) Bird Boy.
(d) Wing Man.

Short Answer Questions

1. What invention is Otto working on for taking pictures with light from the other side of darkness that only imps can see?

2. Which member of the Misbegot Bridge Crew uses the loss of both legs to full advantage in bar fights?

3. According to Vimes, Vetinari was found unconscious in the stables with how much money?

4. When William arrives at Watch headquarters, Vimes forbids William taking notes, lest he be humiliated as which other person?

5. Whom does William claim he suspects is a werewolf and that he's seen gargoyles spying on him when talking with Vimes?

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