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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. What position does Duke Samuel Vimes hold with the Ankh-Morpork City Watch?

2. Who is the personal secretary to Lord Havelock Vetinari?

3. What refers to the act or practice of calling public attention to one's product, service, need, etc.?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What skills as a reporter does William learn in pages 98-126? How does he hold up against Carney and Slant?

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

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

4. What elements of foreshadowing can be found in pages 98-126? What objects are highlighted in this section?

5. What are Pin and Tulip doing in the opening of The Truth? Whom do they pass?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss William's views on words and communication in the novel. What drives William to be a newsman? What compels his character toward representation of the truth?

Essay Topic 2

Describe William de Worde as the novel's protagonist and analyze the characteristics of William. How old is he? What is his family like?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the theme of press and state in the novel. How is this demonstrated in William's argument with Vimes? What is Pratchett's statement about contemporary society?

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