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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. What date is referred to when discussing the great catastrophe?
(a) 3850.
(b) 3860.
(c) 4010.
(d) 2968.

2. The columns typically found next to what object?
(a) Desert.
(b) Political shrine.
(c) Highway.
(d) Waterfront.

3. What phrase is used to describe this character's life up to this point?
(a) Unprecedented mediocrity.
(b) Joyful stupidity.
(c) Foolishly brave.
(d) Ignorantly wise.

4. Who is responsible for tagging the items in the room?
(a) Carson.
(b) Van Hooligan.
(c) Harriet.
(d) Howard.

5. The characters have an acronym for ICE. What does it stand for according to the text?
(a) Inside Cooking Elevator.
(b) Insidious Carcass Entrapment.
(c) Inner Chamber Escalator.
(d) Internal Component Enclosure.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which one of the following items is not worn by Harriet?

2. It became a popular tradition to do what to the monument?

3. Hooligan believed that the stripes were used for which of the following?

4. What type of lunch was most usual for Carson?

5. What word is used to describe the state of the crew at this point?

Short Essay Questions

1. The item(s) were eventually classified as being what?

2. How is Howard Carson's life described before the discovery of the Motel of the Mysteries?

3. What is the Sacred Seal? How does Carson define its purpose?

4. Explain the Sacred Headband. What is the inscription on it?

5. What covered the majority of North America?

6. Upon seeing this fantastic discovery, Carson had hopes of finding what?

7. What were the "columns" discussed by scientists? What were they really? Where would they normally be found?

8. When was there an interest rekindled in North America? Why?

9. Explain Carson's nightmare experienced shortly after the start of the excavation.

10. What is the Sacred Parchment? What is its use?

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