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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. Teppic is able to slip past the guards and finds Ptraci hiding ______________.

2. Meanwhile, Ptaclusp is walking around the base of the large pyramid looking for ______________.

3. To what do the philosophers offer to Teppic?

4. How does Teppic act when Dios tells him that the girl from court has been freed from the prison?

5. Teppic needs a place to hide Ptraci and leaves her ______________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens while Teppic resides over the Supreme Court?

2. What information does Dios give Teppic? How does Teppic react?

3. Why is Gern worried that the gods will attack the city? What does the king think about this?

4. What does Pthagonal say about the dangers of pyramids?

5. What is learned about the purpose of pyramids?

6. What do the clones of Ptaclusp tell him about the capping of the pyramid? Why? How does Ptaclusp respond?

7. What has happened to Illa?

8. What takes place after Teppic finds Ptraci?

9. How do Dios and Teppic meet the next day?

10. What has happened to the city?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

You Bastard is a camel.

Part 1) What else is known about You Bastard? How is he important to the story?

Part 2) What is the significance of his name? What might be another appropriate name for him? Why?

Part 3) What other important thinkers exist in this story? What purpose do they serve?

Part 4) How do You Bastard and the other thinkers resemble important thinkers in real life?

Essay Topic 2

The people of this planet fear their gods.

Part 1) Why do they fear their gods? What is revealed about these gods throughout this story?

Part 2) Does this view of the godly reflect the author's opinion about religion? Why or why not? What does this story say about religion?

Part 3) do you agree with this story about the creation of gods, therefore the creation of religion? Why or why not?

Part 4) How does this view of religion affect you? How important is religion in your own life?

Essay Topic 3

Dios is an elderly high priest of Djelibeybi.

Part 1) What power does he have? how has he gained this power?

Part 2) What is his opinion of the various Pharaohs he has served? Why does he feel this way? How do you know this?

Part 3) Who does Dios represent in our own world? Throughout history, who has led a role in a kingdom or nation in a way similar to Dios? Compare these people to Dios.

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