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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which of the following is not mentioned as a language used in a dedicated ceremony?
2. What is the main material used to make the item?
3. On what kind of material is the item mounted?
4. What adjective is used to describe the feeling in the crowd?
5. If the jars had been real, what might have been found inside?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the Great Altar? What is atop the Altar? What is the upper object's primary function?
2. What was the purpose of the small relief? What date was put onto the item? What was the purpose of the date?
3. What is the description given to the Sacred Seal? Where was it placed?
4. Describe the pendant found in the Inner Chamber. What is it made out of and what is the inscription?
5. Who traveled along with the treasures? What was the purpose of traveling this way?
6. Describe the Sacred Points Bookends. What are the bookends made out of and what uses might they have?
7. What is the real life description of the wall fragment found in the communal Sacred Urn room near the Great Sanctuary. Explain the real purpose of the so-called laborers' marks.
8. In what way does Harriet show that she is still devoted to Carson?
9. What items were found lining the passageway between the tombs?
10. What object was excavated just outside the area of the rusted sculptures? What did the excavators believe the signs were used for?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Howard Carson is painted as a ne'er do well in the beginning of the book. How did Carson make a living? What was the man's level of ambition? Why did Carson decide it was time to change his life? How did he propose to make changes? Were those goals accomplished? Did the effort to change cause Carson to land at the Motel of the Mysteries? How did Carson handle the discovery of the motel? Did Carson see the discovery as his destiny? Explain.
Essay Topic 2
The excavators and workers in the story seem to have many ideas regarding the dead, from the body's eventual destination to the storage of internal organs. Examine the text to learn about the modern civilization's ideas about the ancient dead. Do any of the ideas seem feasible? Why do you think cultures are so fascinated with burial? Compare and contrast current options for burial to those of ancient times, e.g., Egyptians.
Essay Topic 3
Water is a common theme when researching ancient cultures. In the case of the Motel of the Mysteries, there are several sections that refer to the use of water, from the Inner Chamber to the pool area by the Great Courtyard. Discuss each item that can be related to water. Explain its real use, the use created for the book, and how each item works. Why is water so important? What can be learned about a culture's use of water? When was the first water vessel discovered? Where?
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