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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the beloved pet of Lord Havelock Vetinari?
(a) Waffles.
(b) Wuffles.
(c) Woody.
(d) Wimpy.

2. What is Discworld's premier school of wizardry?
(a) The College of the Unseen.
(b) The Invisible College.
(c) Invisible University.
(d) Unseen University.

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

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

5. What does Tulip's apron say when he takes a barbecue set?
(a) "Love the Cook!"
(b) "Kill the Cook!"
(c) "Hate the Cook!"
(d) "Kiss the Cook!"

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

7. While at the Watch headquarters, what picture does Vimes give to William to publish in his paper?
(a) Wuffles.
(b) A river.
(c) A tree.
(d) A duck.

8. What is the biggest city on Discworld?
(a) Trollville.
(b) Orcopolis.
(c) The City of Trolls.
(d) Ankh-Morpork.

9. When talking with William, the head of the forensic unit of the City Watch lets slip that the jailed Patrician has suffered what event?
(a) Food poisoning.
(b) Internal bleeding.
(c) A blow to the head.
(d) A broken leg.

10. When talking with Vimes at the Watch headquarters, William suggests that the peppermint at the crime scene may have been used to thwart what creature?
(a) A vampire.
(b) A werewolf.
(c) A troll.
(d) A witch.

11. Who is the first woman to join the Ankh-Morpork City Watch?
(a) Sgt. Amelia von Ãœberwald.
(b) Sgt. Angela von Ãœberwald.
(c) Sgt. Aurora von Ãœberwald.
(d) Sgt. Angua von Ãœberwald.

12. According to Vimes, Vetinari was found unconscious in the stables with how much money?
(a) $115,000.
(b) $200,000.
(c) $85,000.
(d) $70,000.

13. What creatures are small and heavily-bearded people who always dress in chain mail and iron helmets and carry battle axes?
(a) Dwarfs.
(b) Troll.
(c) Golem.
(d) Imp.

14. What are miniature, magical, and long-eared creatures that in Discworld enable and operate various appliances?
(a) Trolls.
(b) Golems.
(c) Imps.
(d) Wizards.

15. Leaving his meeting with Vetinari, William encounters a crowd urging a man to do what?
(a) Shoot himself.
(b) Stab himself.
(c) Fight another man.
(d) Jump off a ledge.

Short Answer Questions

1. William agrees with his father that "lies could run around the world before the truth could" ___________.

2. According to William, letters prove that people want to believe _________.

3. What can reconstitute Otto after he takes iconographs?

4. Vetinari is shocked to read the Times' report of how many people being hurt in a brawl?

5. What granddaughter of an engraver, whose services William de Worde uses while publishing his newsletter, confronts William when he begins using dwarf printers for his expanding work?

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