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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the Bokononist term for a team that does "God's Will without ever discovering what they are doing" in Chapter 1?
(a) "Wampeter."
(b) "Karass."
(c) "Vin-dit."
(d) "Kan-kan."

2. On what vessel did Bokonon travel from his home island to London in 1911?
(a) The Scheherazade.
(b) The White Lion.
(c) The Raven.
(d) The Lady's Slipper.

3. Why does John go to the cemetery in Chapter 29?
(a) To break into the Hoenikker crypt.
(b) To pay respects to his mother and father.
(c) To take a photograph of Dr. Hoenikker's tombstone.
(d) To pay respects to his grandmother.

4. 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?
(a) Moby Dick.
(b) A Glimmer of Ice-nine.
(c) The Day the World Ended.
(d) 2000 A.D.

5. What does John say in Chapter 32 "is what we Bokononists whisper whenever we think of how complicated and unpredictable the machinery of life really is"?
(a) "No more no more."
(b) "Qualms are folly."
(c) "Busy, busy, busy."
(d) "A mystery in the midst."

6. Where was the Hoenikker family living at the time that the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima?
(a) Ithaca, New York.
(b) New Brunswick, New Jersey.
(c) Ilium, New York.
(d) Princeton, New Jersey.

7. Where was Bokonon born?
(a) Tobago.
(b) Haiti.
(c) Mexico.
(d) Jamaica.

8. Whom is John sent to write an article about in San Lorenzo in Chapter 40?
(a) George Minor Moakely.
(b) Sherman Krebbs.
(c) Marvin Sharpe Holderness.
(d) Julian Castle.

9. Where does John stay when in Ilium in Chapter 10?
(a) The Four Seasons hotel.
(b) The Casa Mona hotel.
(c) The Ritz Carlton hotel.
(d) The Del Prado Hotel.

10. For how long has John spent on his "expedition" in Ilium in Chapter 36?
(a) 1 week.
(b) 9 days.
(c) 2 months.
(d) 2 weeks.

11. What was the name of Dr. Breed's wife?
(a) Emily.
(b) Angela.
(c) Marie.
(d) Sarah.

12. What is the title of the book that the narrator describes writing in Chapter 1?
(a) The Day the World Ended.
(b) The Ice-nine Cloud.
(c) The Book of Bokonon.
(d) Dreams of Tomorrow.

13. What is the title of Chapter 28?
(a) "Protein."
(b) "Mayonnaise."
(c) "No More Mud."
(d) "A Tentative Tangling of Tendrils."

14. Who is the "mail-order muscle-builder" who "vulgarized" the term "Dynamic Tension," according to John in Chapter 47?
(a) Ron Walters.
(b) Charles Atlas.
(c) George Moakely.
(d) William Cabes.

15. What John describe as the Bokononist word meaning "a sudden, very personal shove in the direction of Bokononism, in the direction of believing that God Almighty knew all about me, after all, that God Almighty had some pretty elaborate plans for me"?
(a) "Kan-kan."
(b) "Karass."
(c) "Wampeter."
(d) "Vin-dit."

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Frank Hoenikker when John finds his picture in the newspaper supplement in Chapter 37?

2. To whom is the poem attributed on the tombstone that says, "Mother, Mother, how I pray / For you to guard us every day"?

3. What does the narrator tell the reader to call him in Chapter 1?

4. What is the name of the tombstone establishment where John goes with the cab driver in Chapter 31?

5. What is the married name of Newt's sister, as revealed in his letter in Chapter 5?

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