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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 Etchers.
(d) The Guild of Engravers.

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

4. 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) $3,500.
(b) $5,000.
(c) $7,500.
(d) $2,000.

5. What river divides Ankh-Morpork?
(a) River Ankh.
(b) River Oryx.
(c) River Sahrn.
(d) River Conch.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When talking with William at the Watch headquarters, Vimes lets slip that Vetinari and Drumknott are both _____________.

3. What character is about 34 years old, skinny, smelly, and chain smokes without exhaling?

4. What newspaper does William de Worde establish in the novel?

5. Who is the first woman to join the Ankh-Morpork City Watch?

Short Essay Questions

1. How and why is a plot developed against the Patrician of Ankh-Morpork?

2. How is Igor described? What news does William learn from him in pages 98-126?

3. What is revealed about the City Watch and Commander Vimes in pages 32-64?

4. How is William's relationship with his father described in the novel? How does William's education relate to his occupation?

5. Who is the Patrician's look-alike? What other characters are introduced in pages 32-64?

6. What is William's reaction to the outselling of the Times in pages 32-64? How has his audience changed?

7. Why does William go to the engravers in the beginning of the novel? How is the engraver's office described?

8. What does the rumor of the Patrician murdering his secretary turn out to be?

9. What reporter does William hire in pages 32-64? How is she described?

10. What temptation does Otto face when Sacharissa is injured in pages 98-126? Why?

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