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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. How many dwarfs have migrated to Ankh-Morpork in the beginning of the novel?

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

3. After William leaves the Watch headquarters, Angua warns Vimes not to underestimate William's powers of ___________.

4. What can reconstitute Otto after he takes iconographs?

5. When talking with William, the head of the forensic unit of the City Watch lets slip that the jailed Patrician has suffered what event?

Short Essay Questions

1. What news opens the novel The Truth? Who records this news?

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

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

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

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

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

7. What reporter does William hire in pages 32-64? How is she described?

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

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

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 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?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the characters of Coffin Henry, Arnold Sideways, Duck Man, and Altogether Andrews. What comic relief do each of these characters provide? What are each of their characteristics?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Pratchett's use of simile and metaphor in the novel and analyze the repeated phrase "lies could run around the world before the truth could get its boots on." What does this mean? Do you agree or disagree with the analogy? Why?

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