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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the first sentence in The Books of Bokonon?
(a) "Nothing."
(b) "Do not dwell on the sins of yesterday, but walk into the light of tomorrow."
(c) "All of the true things I am about to tell you are shameless lies."
(d) "Everything exists for the glory of God."

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

3. What is defined by Bokonon as "a person who steers people away from a line of speculation by reducing that line . . . to an absurdity"?
(a) "Wampeter."
(b) "Kan-kan."
(c) "Vin-dit."
(d) "Wrang-wrang."

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

5. What is Chapter 31's title?
(a) "The Marines March On."
(b) "Gone, but Not Forgotten."
(c) "Another Breed."
(d) "End of the World Delight."

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

7. Who was the prisoner that wrote and sent his book to Dr. Felix Hoenikker?
(a) William H. Skawinski.
(b) Andrew James Krementz.
(c) Marvin Sharpe Holderness.
(d) Julian William Anderson.

8. How long ago does Newt say his brother Frank disappeared in his letter in Chapter 5?
(a) 5 years ago.
(b) 10 years ago.
(c) 2 years ago.
(d) 1 year ago.

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

10. What word refers to the instrument that brings a person into his "team" in the beliefs of Bokononists?
(a) "Wampeter."
(b) "Karass."
(c) "Vin-dit."
(d) "Kan-kan."

11. What is the name of Dr. Breed's secretary?
(a) Miss Faust.
(b) Miss Anderson.
(c) Miss Glynn.
(d) Miss Ross.

12. What is the term used for a Bokononist poem?
(a) "Psalm."
(b) "Calandra."
(c) "Epoch."
(d) "Calypso."

13. How is a "wampeter" defined in Chapter 24?
(a) "A wampeter is the onset of a kan-kan."
(b) "A wampeter is the truth of humanity."
(c) "A wampeter is the pivot of a karass."
(d) "A wampeter is the rim of a karass."

14. How tall does Newt Hoenikker claim to be in his letter to John?
(a) 4' tall.
(b) 6' tall.
(c) 3'7" tall.
(d) 5' tall.

15. What is the book about that the narrator describes writing in Chapter 1?
(a) The final days of World War I.
(b) The day the atomic bomb was dropped over Hiroshima.
(c) Hitler's rise to power and his eventual suicide.
(d) The advancements of technology in the twenty-first century.

Short Answer Questions

1. John cites Bokonon in Chapter 31 as having said, "Peculiar travel suggestions are" what?

2. What is the population of San Lorenzo, according to the newspaper supplement in Chapter 38?

3. What is the title of the book that the narrator describes writing in Chapter 1?

4. What does John claim Alfred Nobel invented in Chapter 32?

5. How does John describe the aesthetic of Ilium, New York, in Chapter 13?

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