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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one phrase that "pool-pah" has been translated as in The Books of Bokonon?
(a) "Love of God."
(b) "The moon."
(c) "Wrath of God."
(d) "Trust in Humanity."

2. In the excerpt from The Spoon River Anthology, whose hogs are stolen?
(a) Silas Marner's.
(b) Curl Trenary's.
(c) Paul Carson's.
(d) Jim Frick's.

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

4. How many people depart the plane in San Lorenzo, including the narrator, in Chapter 62?
(a) 3.
(b) 7.
(c) 12.
(d) 5.

5. What is the capital of San Lorenzo?
(a) Las Lagos.
(b) Intucka.
(c) Bokoni.
(d) Bolivar.

6. What beverages are offered at the ceremonies in Chapter 102?
(a) Champagne and Coke.
(b) Tomato juice and rum.
(c) Water and orange juice.
(d) Pepsi and native rum.

7. How much money did Dr. Felix Hoenikker earn for each patent his work led to at General Forge and Foundry?
(a) $4,000.
(b) $25.
(c) $200.
(d) $45.

8. What is the name of the doctor that has been frozen along with Papa Monzano?
(a) Dr. Julian Castle.
(b) Dr. Lyman Enders Knowles.
(c) Dr. Von Koenigswald.
(d) Dr. Nestor Aamons.

9. What word means to acquiesce to the seeming demands of one's "vin-dit"?
(a) "Saroon."
(b) "Sin-wat."
(c) "Wampeter."
(d) "Vin-dit."

10. At what time does Frank say the air show is to go off in Chapter 100?
(a) 3:00.
(b) 1:00.
(c) 2:00.
(d) 4:00.

11. What is the second number that plays on the phonograph of "Cat House Piano" in Chapter 81?
(a) "Jazz in the 5th."
(b) "Lost Highway."
(c) "Cat House Blues."
(d) "Dragon Blues."

12. What Bokononist word from the novel refers to a man who wants all of somebody's love?
(a) "Kan-kan."
(b) "Saroon."
(c) "Vin-dit."
(d) "Sin-wat."

13. What is the title of Chapter 89?
(a) "Boko-maru."
(b) "A Tentative Tangling of Tendrils."
(c) "Duffle."
(d) "A White Bride for the Son of a Pullman Porter."

14. What is the title of Chapter 107?
(a) "Secret Agent X-9."
(b) "Feast Your Eyes!"
(c) "The Marines March On."
(d) "Just Like Saint Augustine."

15. John claims in Chapter 91 that he is a "man of the world," having had more than how many women?
(a) 64.
(b) 15.
(c) 23.
(d) 53.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of Chapter 95?

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 profession does Newt Hoenikker claim after he's left college?

4. What is the title of Chapter 114?

5. Through whom does John ascertain the Russians obtained Ice-nine?

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