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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. After speaking with William, Dibbler accepts a commission job _________ for the Times.

2. Where does William find Sacharissa haranguing Dibbler about writing believable untruths for the Inquirer?

3. Checking Pin's pockets after he is dead, William finds the incriminating Dis-organizer, bags of jewels, and a card with what address?

4. Who kicks Pin in the groin to get him off William in a fight in the cellar?

5. What does Dibbler generally fall back on selling when his other entrepreneurial efforts fail?

Short Essay Questions

1. What event shows William and Sacharissa's dedication to the news at the end of the novel?

2. What leads up to the climax of The Truth in pages 260-290?

3. What changes in William once he discovers his father's involvement in the plot?

4. What theological discussion do Pin and Tulip share in pages 229-260?

5. What do Sacharissa and Rocky go to the de Worde townhouse for in pages 229-260? What do they discover?

6. What excuse of Lord de Worde's does William refuse to accept in the final section of the book?

7. What happens when Otto takes an iconograph of Pin in pages 163-197?

8. What does Otto resist doing to Lord de Worde in the end of the novel?

9. What symbolic imagery is depicted in the destruction of the shed in pages 260-290? How is Death described?

10. Why do the dwarfs attempt to break into the Inquirer's office in pages 229-260? Who do they find?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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

Describe and analyze William's interaction with Arthur Crank in the narrative. How does William encounter Crank? How does he determine this is "street performance"?

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