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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Hsuan-k'ung Ssu?
(a) A temple.
(b) A tree.
(c) A religious priest.
(d) A border.

2. Who is responsible for extracting every piece of the cruciform from the victim's body in Chapter 9?
(a) The Shrike.
(b) Raul.
(c) Isosaki.
(d) Nemes and her cyborgs.

3. What does Aenea do at theTemple Hanging in the Air?
(a) Eats.
(b) Preaches and writes.
(c) Teaches and works on buildings.
(d) Writes and sings.

4. How many years have elapsed since the events from the third book "The Rise of Endymion"?
(a) Six years.
(b) Five years.
(c) Three years.
(d) One year.

5. What is on Isosaki's heir and apprentice's chest?
(a) A bird.
(b) A Madonna.
(c) A cruciform.
(d) Thorns.

6. What is the name of the compound created for architectural students called?
(a) Tahitian West.
(b) Taliesin West.
(c) Tahiti Miti.
(d) Talisein East.

7. What is DeSoya given command of in Chapter 3?
(a) A new ship called the Raphael.
(b) A new cyborg,
(c) A new Church world.
(d) A new ship called the DaVinci.

8. Where is the Temple Hanging in the Air located?
(a) Tiawana.
(b) T'ien Shan.
(c) Teneessee.
(d) T'ene Shi.

9. Who travels on the drop ship to Old Earth?
(a) DeSoya and Raul.
(b) Raul and Aenea.
(c) Raul and Hoyt.
(d) Aeana and DeSoya.

10. What happens to Raul in Chapter 10?
(a) He becomes incarcerated.
(b) He is still ill.
(c) He passes his kidney stone.
(d) He grows dehydrated.

11. What does Aenea tell Raul about the missing months he calculates?
(a) They are very important.
(b) She will discuss it with him later.
(c) They are unnecessary to worry about.
(d) They are of mystery.

12. Who is aggressively opposed to humanity according to Aenea?
(a) The Shrike.
(b) Old Earth.
(c) The entire Core.
(d) Part of the Core.

13. Who is M. Anna Pelli Cognani?
(a) Isosaki's heir.
(b) DeSoya's sister.
(c) Isosaki's waife.
(d) DeSoya's wife.

14. How many times has Pope Julius XIV died according to Chapter 1?
(a) Seven times.
(b) Four times.
(c) Ten times.
(d) Nine times.

15. What are the ship captains shown pictures of that they will be destroying?
(a) The Consul's house.
(b) The Consul's yacht.
(c) The Consul's plane.
(d) The Consul's ship.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Raul's kayak convert into as he presses the emergency button?

2. When Aenea was in utero, the consciousness of the Keats cybrid, with whom was she able to communicate?

3. What happens to the kayak when Raul enters free fall again?

4. Where does assassin Rhadamanth Nemes live?

5. What is Raul told that Aenea requested he hide in orbit on a nearby moon?

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