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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. 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?

2. What does the enormous nun do with the terriers brought for the reward by the crowd to the Times?

3. What does William imply to Vimes that Scrope's business is actually manufacturing?

4. When William returns from protective custody at the end of the novel, Slant confirms that who has been elected Patrician?

5. Who has an idea for Gaspode's disguise under the Misbegot Bridge?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does William's sense of the truth affect him as a newspaper writer?

2. What religious allusion is in Pin and Tulip's disguises in pages 163-197?

3. What argument arises about the power and danger of dark light in pages 163-197?

4. What is the final outcome for Tulip in The Truth?

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

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

7. What demand does William make of his father in the final section of the book? What is Lord de Worde's response?

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

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

10. What leads Pin to murder Tulip in pages 260-290?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the character of Otto Chriek in the narrative. Upon what literary creature is Crank based? What is satire? How does satire apply to Otto?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Describe the character of Commander Vimes and the role of the City Watch in the narrative. Who makes up the City Watch?

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