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

2. Who is the head of the Assassins' Guild?

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

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does the Committee to Unelect the Patrician think of the Times in pages 163-197?

5. How does William feel about his father's bigotry? How is this illustrated in pages 163-197?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Discuss and analyze the characters of Gunilla and Boddony and the role of the dwarfs in the story. What specialization do the dwarfs use to their advantage?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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