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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 does the enormous nun do with the terriers brought for the reward by the crowd to the Times?
2. When was Terry Pratchett born?
3. At his interview with Wuffles, William wants an iconograph to prove that he has talked with Wuffles to be taken back at the Times, for how much money?
4. When Trixiebell and Deep Bone accompany William back to the print shed, Pin and Tulip are waiting, holding whom prisoner?
5. Who is an enormous, pink, and thin-haired man who dresses in shirtsleeves and constantly smokes a huge cigar to protect him from the odors of his profession?
Short Essay Questions
1. How do Pin and Tulip disguise themselves in pages 163-197? Why?
2. What event shows William and Sacharissa's dedication to the news at the end of the novel?
3. What happens when Otto takes an iconograph of Pin in pages 163-197?
4. What does the addition of color do to production of the Times?
5. What leads to William's publishing a half-truth in pages 260-290? Who follows William when he goes to the de Worde estate?
6. What does the Committee to Unelect the Patrician think of the Times in pages 163-197?
7. How does William feel about his father's bigotry? How is this illustrated in pages 163-197?
8. What excuse of Lord de Worde's does William refuse to accept in the final section of the book?
9. For whom is Tulip searching in pages 163-197? Why?
10. What symbolic argument takes place between William and Vimes in pages 163-197?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Compare and contrast the characters of William de Worde and Lord Havelock Vetinari. What differences are there in age, stature, power, etc.? What similarities can be seen in the characteristics of each?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the character of Harry King and his occupation. What is Pratchett saying about the nature of recycling through Harry's character?
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