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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the sailors try to appease the ocean goddess?
(a) They prostrate themselves on the deck.
(b) They hold a prayer service.
(c) They throw food into the water.
(d) They want to throw Brutha overboard.

2. Who does the philosopher suggest made the universe?
(a) Om.
(b) An underling.
(c) Nimrod.
(d) A supreme being.

3. What does Vorbis want to do to Ephebe?
(a) Attack.
(b) Build a new monestary there.
(c) Raze it.
(d) Honor it.

4. What does Discworld rest on?
(a) A space ocean.
(b) The edge of the Milky Way.
(c) A desert.
(d) A tortoise.

5. What does Fri'it think Drunah is?
(a) A secret revolutionary.
(b) A spy.
(c) A soldier.
(d) A god.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Vorbis call the Ephebians?

2. How does the tortoise speak to Brutha?

3. What is Om drawing in the dirt?

4. How long will it take Li-Tze to get to his destination?

5. How does Om disappoint Brutha?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Brutha have a difficult time feeling sympathetic toward the slave?

2. How are the Omnians treated in Ephebe?

3. What do the Omnians think of their Tyrant, and how does he act?

4. How does Vorbis feel about Brutha's answers regarding faith?

5. Why is the ocean goddess upset, and what does she do in retaliation?

6. Why does Brutha go to talk with Lu-Tze, and what does the man do to reassure him?

7. What does Om say happened to him?

8. Describe the first meeting between Om, Didactylos and Urn.

9. What do the cloaked revolutionaries talk of doing?

10. What is the relationship between eagles and tortoises, according to the author?

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