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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 114-127.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What position does John discover Frank Hoenikker holds in San Lorenzo in Chapter 37?
(a) Ambassador to the United States.
(b) Minister of Science and Progresss.
(c) Minister of Foreign Relations.
(d) Minister of War.

2. Julian Castle tells John in Chapter 78, "Truth was the enemy of the people, because the truth was" what?
(a) "Enticing."
(b) "Dangerous."
(c) "Illuminating."
(d) "So terrible."

3. What materials are required to play the "Cat's Cradle" game that is described in the narrative?
(a) Balls.
(b) Runes.
(c) Mallets.
(d) String.

4. What does Dr. Breed say that "pure research men" work on in Chapter 21?
(a) "What fascinates them."
(b) "What they are paid to research."
(c) "What they are told to research."
(d) "Facts that will help humanity."

5. What was the name of the British destroyer that captured the German submarine that had taken Bokonon prisoner?
(a) The Raven.
(b) The White Lion.
(c) The Scheherazade.
(d) The Lady's Slipper.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the book that was given to Dr. Felix Hoenikker from a man in prison about the end of the world?

2. How many people died at Julian Castle's hospital in ten days after the plague outbreak, according to his son in Chapter 73?

3. What is the first sentence in The Books of Bokonon?

4. What causes the rockslide in Chapter 115?

5. What word refers to the instrument that brings a person into his "team" in the beliefs of Bokononists?

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