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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Standing in the circle of chairs, Slant reports the missing dog but discounts its importance to whom?
(a) Sgt. Angua von Überwald.
(b) Himself.
(c) It's owner.
(d) The Watch.

2. When William dictates his news article about conspiracy and Vetinari's innocence, he credits uncovering the plot to whom?
(a) The Inquirer.
(b) The Times.
(c) The City Watch.
(d) Sacharissa.

3. What does Otto startle, causing the universe to fold away in chilling darkness and ice needles after the crowd disperses from the Times office?
(a) Eels.
(b) Fish.
(c) A dolphin.
(d) An octopus.

4. How much money does William give Carney in jewels for a Guild membership in the end of the novel?
(a) $1,000.
(b) $3,000.
(c) $2,000.
(d) $5,000.

5. William offers a reward of how much for the Patrician's dog, figuring that he might need to be on the Watch's good side?
(a) $50.
(b) $75.
(c) $100.
(d) $25.

6. Who kicks Pin in the groin to get him off William in a fight in the cellar?
(a) Sacharrisa.
(b) Wuffles.
(c) Otto.
(d) Tulip.

7. Who is an enormous, pink, and thin-haired man who dresses in shirtsleeves and constantly smokes a huge cigar to protect him from the odors of his profession?
(a) Ole Foul Ron.
(b) Harry King.
(c) Deep Bone.
(d) Wuffles.

8. Who feeds Sacharissa's news stories, being sweet on her?
(a) Constable Fidgety.
(b) Constable Fiddyment.
(c) Constable Featherby.
(d) Constable Flimwabby.

9. What refers to the directory of all the nobility of Ankh-Morpork and its satellites, describing their lineage and titles?
(a) The Ankh-Morpork Ancestry Record.
(b) The de Lorde Peerage.
(c) Twurp's Peerage.
(d) Anderson's Peerage.

10. Who is the longest-surviving lodger at the Lodging House for Respectable Working Men?
(a) Tuttle Scrope.
(b) Mr. Slant.
(c) Rufus Drumknott.
(d) Mr. Mackleduff.

11. In Greek mythology, who was the king punished by being compelled to roll an immense boulder up a hill, only to watch it roll back down?
(a) Apheidas.
(b) Erechtheus.
(c) Sisyphus.
(d) Theseus.

12. Who steals Pin's potato as Death makes Pin disappear in a flash of blue light?
(a) The Death Bats.
(b) The Death Shadows.
(c) The Death Trolls.
(d) The Death Rats.

13. How many thugs does William's father summon to take William away in the end of the novel?
(a) Six.
(b) Four.
(c) Five.
(d) Seven.

14. What does Dibbler generally fall back on selling when his other entrepreneurial efforts fail?
(a) Hot potato cakes.
(b) Leather gloves.
(c) Sweet potato sausages.
(d) Hot sausages-inna-bun.

15. Who kills Tulip at the end of the novel?
(a) Otto.
(b) Sacharissa.
(c) Pin.
(d) William.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the High Priest of Blind Io and unofficial spokesman for Ankh-Morpork's religious establishment?

2. Otto complains about how hard it is to __________ in the big city, with its women dressed in fancy clothing.

3. At his interview with Wuffles, William wants an iconograph to prove that he has talked with Wuffles to be taken back at the Times, for how much money?

4. What is another term for a staff representing an office, authority, or baton?

5. Whom does Gunilla want to marry?

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