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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Diogenes found a wooden chest inside a tomb, how many cypress-wood tables did he find upon which were written Aethon's story?
(a) 13.
(b) 9.
(c) 31.
(d) 24.

2. How many weeks did Rex Browning spend inside a solitary box at the prison where Zeno is interred?
(a) 3 weeks.
(b) 2 weeks.
(c) 9 days.
(d) 8 days.

3. What does drunken Aethon see actors performing by Aristophanes that he mistakes as a real place?
(a) The Birds.
(b) The Knights.
(c) The Clouds.
(d) The Wasps.

4. What type of car is Seymour driving on February 20, 2020?
(a) Chevy.
(b) Dodge.
(c) Pontiac.
(d) Ford.

5. How many times does a bell toll as Himerius give Anna a sack the first time they row to the priory on the rock and he instructs Anna to climb the wall?
(a) 4.
(b) 10.
(c) 12.
(d) 1.

6. What does Aethon see the mistress of the inn where he is staying in Thessaly turn into when he watches through a keyhold?
(a) Crow.
(b) Owl.
(c) Hawk.
(d) Eagle.

7. When Aethon arrives in Thessaly, how many young women does he see carrying baskets?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

8. How many strokes on each foot does Anna receive for being late and returning with a jug half empty after learning "Okeanos" from Licinius?
(a) 7.
(b) 5.
(c) 8.
(d) 10.

9. In 2014, when does Seymour find the severed wing of a great grey owl when he walks home from the library?
(a) 3rd Wednesday in August.
(b) 4th Thursday in August.
(c) Last Monday of August.
(d) 1st Tuesday in August.

10. How many days after Zeno arrives in Korea he is captured?
(a) 27.
(b) 11.
(c) 14.
(d) 24.

11. How much does Himerius tell Anna that a Hungarian foundry man wanted last summer to make a war engine?
(a) 2 times more bronze than the city had.
(b) 5 times more bronze than the city had.
(c) 10 times more bronze than the city had.
(d) 8 times more bronze than the city had.

12. The first time that Maria loses her sight, how long does it take for her vision to return?
(a) 3 hours.
(b) An hour.
(c) 90 minutes.
(d) 45 minutes.

13. How old is Seymour in 2014?
(a) 12.
(b) 11.
(c) 10.
(d) 9.

14. In what mountains is the woodcutters' village in "Two"?
(a) Vitosha.
(b) Balkan.
(c) Bilo.
(d) Rhodope.

15. How often are the inhabitants of Argos issued new worsuits?
(a) Every 4 mission years.
(b) Every 2 mission years.
(c) Every 3 mission years.
(d) Every 5 mission years.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many people were born on the Argos?

2. What is the date when Anna climbs the old archer's turret and sees thousands of Saracen tents flap in the wind?

3. Huddle around the fire in the kitchen shed one February night, how many lines of Homer does Rex scratch onto a board?

4. How many oxen are required to pull the Destroyer of Cities out of the earth?

5. What does Aethon become after he uses the potions in the room of the mistress of the inn?

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