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

2. What clothes seller in Pseudopolis is a look-alike for the Patrician of Ankh-Morpork?
(a) Sgt. Angua.
(b) Lord Havelock Vetinari.
(c) Charlie.
(d) Boddony.

3. Whom does William claim he suspects is a werewolf and that he's seen gargoyles spying on him when talking with Vimes?
(a) Detritus.
(b) Nobbs.
(c) Colon.
(d) Angua.

4. What character intent on suicide does the protagonist interview on a fourth-floor parapet?
(a) Ronnie Carney.
(b) Sgt. Detritus.
(c) Arthur Crank.
(d) Boddony.

5. Who owns the establishment named the Bucket?
(a) Mr. Cheese.
(b) Mr. Wine.
(c) Mr. Sausage.
(d) Mr. Cracker.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What citizen of Ankh-Morpork regularly brings to the office of the Ankh-Morpork Times oddly-shaped vegetables that he has grown?

3. Williams claims when talking with Vimes that he is answerable to __________.

4. On guard duty in the beginning of the novel, Sgt. Colon and Cpl. Nobbs admit to seeing a rowboat in which who was bickering?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. What obstructions does the Guild of Engravers pose for the Times in pages 98-126?

2. Describe the satirical elements in the scene at the Oblong Office in pages 98-126. What is the key evidence?

3. What clues does William discover and expand on in the Oblong Office in pages 98-126?

4. What does William fear about the Times' growth in pages 32-64?

5. Describe the narrative style of The Truth. What stylistic elements depart from traditional format?

6. How is the theme of racism illustrated through William's hiring Otto Chriek?

7. How are Tulip and Pin described in the narrative? What was Pratchett's inspiration for the characters?

8. How do the Patrician and William meet? How do they differ on the value of letters?

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

10. What happens when William interviews Arthur Crank?

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