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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. On what street are the Ankh-Morpork Inquirer headquarters located?
(a) Gloom Street.
(b) Grape Street.
(c) Gleam Street.
(d) Glory Street.

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

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

5. What is the biggest city on Discworld?
(a) The City of Trolls.
(b) Trollville.
(c) Ankh-Morpork.
(d) Orcopolis.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the Patrician of Ankh-Morpork?

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

3. Where does Foul Ole Ron live?

4. The crime scene at the Oblong Office reeks of what smell?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does William discover about the City Watch when he goes to investigate the murder at the Palace?

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

3. With what phrase in pages 98-126 does William agree with his father for once?

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

5. How does the discussion between William and the Patrician in pages 64-98 illuminate the theme of truth?

6. What happens to the thief who accosts Pin and Tulip in pages 98-126? What "prize" does Tulip gain?

7. What shortcoming do the editors find a solution in with Otto Chriek?

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

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

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

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