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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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 hamburger.
(b) Lasagna.
(c) A sausage.
(d) A beer.

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

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

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

7. Who is the personal secretary to Lord Havelock Vetinari?
(a) Arthur Crank.
(b) Sacharissa Cripslock.
(c) Rufus Drumknott.
(d) Sgt. Angua.

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

9. What is the name of the Ankh-Morpork police force?
(a) City Enforcement.
(b) City Patrol.
(c) The Iron Fist.
(d) City Watch.

10. How much money do Pin and Tulip offer a clothes seller to impersonate the Patrician of Ankh-Morpork?
(a) $10,000.
(b) $25,000.
(c) $5,000.
(d) $2,500.

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

12. The official story of what happened to the Patrician is that he __________.
(a) Got ran over by a cart.
(b) Got hit with a club.
(c) Fell down the stairs.
(d) Fell off a horse.

13. What member of the Lawyers Guild considers himself a facilitator between Mr. Pin and Mr. Tulip?
(a) Mr. Slant.
(b) Mr. Singer.
(c) Mr. Sawyer.
(d) Mr. Sprint.

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

15. What is Ankh-Morpork's second newspaper?
(a) The Morprk Gazette.
(b) The Ankh Reporter.
(c) Ankh-Morpork Inquirer.
(d) The Morprk Reporter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What job does William give to Sacharissa Crisplock to placate her in the beginning of the novel?

2. Who is generally acknowledged to be the leader of the Misbegot Bridge Crew?

3. What group of professionals who traditionally control all printing in Ankh-Morpork raise their rates three times in a year?

4. Vetinari, upon first arriving at William's office, has his fears allayed that the shed is not built on a crack in _________.

5. The author writes in the beginning of the novel that William has always been troubled by the nature of _________.

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