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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. According to William, letters prove that people want to believe _________.

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

3. What is Discworld's premier school of wizardry?

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

5. William adds a lost-and-found feature and hires a zombie named _________ to write obituaries.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the character of Sacharissa Cripslock. Who is Sacharissa's grandfather? What relationship did she have with the protagonist before this point?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Discuss the author Sir Terry Pratchett. For what genres is Pratchett most well-known? How many Discworld novels has Pratchett written?

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