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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 machine of Otto's is smashed during the fight between Pin, Tulip, and the dwarfs outside the Times office?
2. Whom does William's father run through with his sword in the de Worde Estate at the end of the novel?
3. When Slant tries to sneak a few fake diamonds into his payment to Pin and Tulip, what does Pin pull on him?
4. When William dictates his news article about conspiracy and Vetinari's innocence, he credits uncovering the plot to whom?
5. A priest from the Om temple and an enormous nun named ______________ offer assistance in dispersing the crowd attempting to pass off dogs for the reward at the Times.
Short Essay Questions
1. What leads up to the climax of The Truth in pages 260-290?
2. Who leads William to Wuffles in pages 229-260?
3. What demand does William make of his father in the final section of the book? What is Lord de Worde's response?
4. What do Sacharissa and Rocky go to the de Worde townhouse for in pages 229-260? What do they discover?
5. For whom is Tulip searching in pages 163-197? Why?
6. What does Otto resist doing to Lord de Worde in the end of the novel?
7. What leads Pin to murder Tulip in pages 260-290?
8. What leads to William's publishing a half-truth in pages 260-290? Who follows William when he goes to the de Worde estate?
9. How do Pin and Tulip disguise themselves in pages 163-197? Why?
10. Whom does William hire as his lawyer in the end of the novel? Why?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
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"?
Essay Topic 3
How does William feel about the different trolls, werewolves, vampires, and dwarfs in the story? How are they used to reflect race and ethnicity in contemporary culture?
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