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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. William conducts a formal interview with Wuffles that is translated by whom?

2. Who feeds Sacharissa's news stories, being sweet on her?

3. What is the real identity of the enormous nun who assists in dispersing the crowd attempting to pass off dogs for the reward at the Times?

4. What is another term for a staff representing an office, authority, or baton?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Where does William find the money to rebuild and prove the conspiracy in pages 260-290?

3. Whom does William hire as his lawyer in the end of the novel? Why?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What leads to William's publishing a half-truth in pages 260-290? Who follows William when he goes to the de Worde estate?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Define, identify, and analyze the narrative style of The Truth. How is Pratchett's style in this novel like and/or unlike his style in the other Discworld books?

Essay Topic 2

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 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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