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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What unimaginative member of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch was born above the snow line on a distant mountain and never saw a human until he was five?
(a) Sgt. Detritus.
(b) Sgt. Angua.
(c) Cpl. Nobby Nobbs.
(d) Sgt. Fred Colon.

2. What refers to the act or practice of calling public attention to one's product, service, need, etc.?
(a) Bragging.
(b) Advertising.
(c) Brainwashing.
(d) Canvasing.

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

4. Whom does William see crawling in the shadows at the Watch headquarters when he is meeting with Vimes?
(a) Cpl. Nobbs.
(b) Sgt. Detritus.
(c) Sgt. Colon.
(d) Sgt. Angua.

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

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

7. Vetinari, upon first arriving at William's office, has his fears allayed that the shed is not built on a crack in _________.
(a) The worlds crust.
(b) The cement.
(c) The soil.
(d) Space-time.

8. When talking with William at the Watch headquarters, Vimes lets slip that Vetinari and Drumknott are both _____________.
(a) On the loose.
(b) Plotting something.
(c) In the cells.
(d) Asleep.

9. Who is the novel's protagonist?
(a) Mrs. Eucrasia Arcanum.
(b) William de Worde.
(c) Lord Havelock Vetinari.
(d) Sacharissa Cripslock.

10. When William arrives at Watch headquarters, Vimes forbids William taking notes, lest he be humiliated as which other person?
(a) Slant.
(b) Crank.
(c) Chriek.
(d) Detritus.

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

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

13. Who is the head of the forensic unit at the City Watch?
(a) Igor.
(b) Otto.
(c) Harry.
(d) Charlie.

14. How many dwarfs have migrated to Ankh-Morpork in the beginning of the novel?
(a) 145,000.
(b) 50,000.
(c) 17,000.
(d) 35,000.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The official story of what happened to the Patrician is that he __________.

2. What can reconstitute Otto after he takes iconographs?

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

4. What river divides Ankh-Morpork?

5. Where did the Patrician's dog bite both Pin and Tulip?

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