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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. Approximately how old is the Patrician's dog?
(a) 12.
(b) 16.
(c) 8.
(d) 10.
2. What newspaper does William de Worde establish in the novel?
(a) The Ankh Tribune.
(b) The Morprk Herald.
(c) The Ankh Reporter.
(d) Ankh-Morpork Times.
3. The crime scene at the Oblong Office reeks of what smell?
(a) Tobacco.
(b) Urine.
(c) Peppermint.
(d) Beer.
4. In a meeting with William, Vetinari wonders why normal people need ________.
(a) Books.
(b) Bibles.
(c) Newspapers.
(d) Magazines.
5. What is a wahoonie?
(a) A vehicle.
(b) A vegetable.
(c) A race.
(d) An animal.
Short Answer Questions
1. What member of the Lawyers Guild considers himself a facilitator between Mr. Pin and Mr. Tulip?
2. When talking with William at the Watch headquarters, Vimes lets slip that Vetinari and Drumknott are both _____________.
3. Where did the Patrician's dog bite both Pin and Tulip?
4. 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?
5. What citizen of Ankh-Morpork regularly brings to the office of the Ankh-Morpork Times oddly-shaped vegetables that he has grown?
Short Essay Questions
1. What news opens the novel The Truth? Who records this news?
2. What does William fear about the Times' growth in pages 32-64?
3. What reporter does William hire in pages 32-64? How is she described?
4. What elements of foreshadowing can be found in pages 98-126? What objects are highlighted in this section?
5. How are Tulip and Pin described in the narrative? What was Pratchett's inspiration for the characters?
6. Who is the Patrician's look-alike? What other characters are introduced in pages 32-64?
7. What obstructions does the Guild of Engravers pose for the Times in pages 98-126?
8. What is William's reaction to the outselling of the Times in pages 32-64? How has his audience changed?
9. What are Pin and Tulip doing in the opening of The Truth? Whom do they pass?
10. How and why is a plot developed against the Patrician of Ankh-Morpork?
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