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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Rumors arise in the beginning of the novel that dwarfs are able to turn __________into gold.

2. What is Otto Chriek's position for the Ankh-Morpork Times?

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

4. What clothes seller in Pseudopolis is a look-alike for the Patrician of Ankh-Morpork?

5. What creatures are small and heavily-bearded people who always dress in chain mail and iron helmets and carry battle axes?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What effect does the iconograph machine have on Otto? How does the iconographer work?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the characters of Commander Vimes and Vetinari. How do these men differ in power and stature? What similarities do they share?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the satire around the character of Igor in the novel. What is this a literary allusion to? How does Igor help William in the reading?

Essay Topic 3

Define, identify, and analyze the narrative style of The Truth. How is Pratchett's style in this novel like and/or unlike his style in the other Discworld books?

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