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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Tapestries of Time.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the wise people think of the hillmen's opinions in "Vesuvius"?
(a) They are wrong.
(b) They are right.
(c) There are no wise men in town.
(d) The hillmen are jealous.

2. What warnings did the man see while climbing the mountain?
(a) Wolves.
(b) Vultures.
(c) Bees.
(d) Bears.

3. How does the geologist in "A Primer for Today" claim change occurs?
(a) The earth.
(b) The moon.
(c) The stars.
(d) The planets.

4. Where do the hillmen think they should not build?
(a) The city square.
(b) The temple.
(c) Vesuvius.
(d) The lake.

5. Why does the bartender judge the narrator in "An Ex-Judge at the Bar"?
(a) He has no manners.
(b) He hit a woman.
(c) He doesn't drink scotch.
(d) He killed a black soldier in the Flanders Field.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the white god in "The Idols of the Tribe" eat?

2. Who does Tolson compare Crispus Attucks to?

3. How do the black men respond to the farmer in "Old Man Michael"?

4. What does the Malay claim in "The Blindness of Scorn" put people on the attack?

5. Who meets in the sanctuary in "The Triumph Aster"?

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