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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Among fowl, which does the author claim would wear a jester's hat?
(a) The goose.
(b) The ostrich.
(c) The duck.
(d) The chicken.

2. What is the name of the prostitute that Alobar negotiates with?
(a) Pan.
(b) Lalo.
(c) Kudra.
(d) Frol.

3. What does the narrator write would be cast as Macbeth or Hamlet?
(a) A beet.
(b) A tomato.
(c) A monster.
(d) Pan.

4. Where does Alobar go to find Pan?
(a) America.
(b) Greece.
(c) India.
(d) China.

5. What job is the "boy" given?
(a) Moving stones.
(b) Divination.
(c) Starting the fire.
(d) Fetching water.

Short Answer Questions

1. What position is Ricki promoted to in Part II?

2. What is the most effective scent Kudra can find to cover Pan's odor?

3. How old is Kudra when her marriage is arranged?

4. What does Alobar nickname Kudra many years ago?

5. What do the workers pressure "the boy" to do for fun?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where do Alobar and Kudra go after leaving the caves? What does Alobar do there?

2. What would have been the restrictions on Kudra as a widow? How does she escape this fate?

3. What vision does Kudra see in the crystal ball? What does this prompt her and Alobar to do?

4. Where do Alobar and Kudra travel after leaving Constantinople? What do they find there?

5. Why did Madame Devalier go to Paris? In Part II, what information is revealed to V'lu about this trip?

6. Describe the suttee that Alobar witnesses in India.

7. In Part II, what does Priscilla do after receiving her package and leaving work?

8. What is Kudra's response to her arranged marriage? What does her father tell her?

9. What are the first troubles that accompany Alobar and Kudra's immortality?

10. Who does Alobar meet while fleeing from the suttee? What does this character have with her?

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