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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. When William dictates his news article about conspiracy and Vetinari's innocence, he credits uncovering the plot to whom?

2. What explodes, leading to the destruction of William's print shed?

3. William writes a story for his paper disproving women in Lancre bearing ___________.

4. What do Pin and Tulip do with the bag of dogs after escaping the Times headquarters?

5. Who is the longest-surviving lodger at the Lodging House for Respectable Working Men?

Short Essay Questions

1. What symbolic argument takes place between William and Vimes in pages 163-197?

2. For whom is Tulip searching in pages 163-197? Why?

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

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

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

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

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

8. How does William go about finding his own proof for the Patrician's innocent in pages 163-197?

9. Why does a crowd form at the Times in pages 197-229? What does Sacharissa make of it?

10. How do Pin and Tulip disguise themselves in pages 163-197? Why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

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

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?

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