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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does August accuse Chad of after the discovery at the dig?
(a) Cheating him of money.
(b) Being a fool.
(c) Cheating with his wife.
(d) Being only concerned with making a profit.

2. Who suggests Jean call the County Sheriff in Act 2 Part 5?
(a) Kirsten.
(b) Delia.
(c) Cynthia.
(d) August.

3. Who is the professor who taught Delia's book in Dan's college class?
(a) Dr. Landau.
(b) Dr. Smith.
(c) Dr. Howe.
(d) Dr. Levins.

4. The grave of the god-king represents what to August?
(a) The most important find in 40-years' work.
(b) The beginning of a new life.
(c) His greatest disappointment.
(d) The end of the lake construction.

5. Where does Dan take the archeology students in Act 2?
(a) To a motel.
(b) To the dig site.
(c) To a cave.
(d) To his boat.

6. In Act 1 Part 7, August shows a slide photo of a man and says he's "the wise old bird who owns the place." Who is it?
(a) Mr. Mills.
(b) Old Man Jasker.
(c) Chad Jasker.
(d) Mr. Shoals.

7. How many mounds does August claim have been opened in North American discovery?
(a) 500.
(b) 1,200.
(c) Thousands.
(d) 300.

8. Who is present at the opening of Act 2?
(a) Dan, Chad and Kirsten.
(b) August and Delia.
(c) Everyone except Kirsten.
(d) Cynthia, Jean and Dan.

9. Who does August speak to in Act 2 Part 3?
(a) Cynthia.
(b) Dianne.
(c) Dan.
(d) Kirsten.

10. When does August say Delia left the house she grew up in?
(a) When she was 12.
(b) When she was 7.
(c) When she was 9.
(d) When she was 17.

11. What literary term defines August's statement of blindness to the passing moon?
(a) Malapropism.
(b) Poetic metaphor.
(c) Allegory.
(d) Simile.

12. Dan says that in 1500 a tribe ended up in Mississippi. What were they called?
(a) The Cherokee.
(b) The Mohicans.
(c) The Natchez.
(d) The Chantawks.

13. What is the life expectancy of the villagers where the dig is taking place?
(a) Sixty.
(b) Fourty.
(c) Fifty.
(d) Thirty.

14. When Dan and Chad arrive drunk in Act 1 Part 7, who is silently sitting in the room?
(a) Delia.
(b) Cynthia.
(c) August.
(d) Kirsten.

15. What does August say to the recorder in Act 2 Part 3 is "becoming an enemy to thought?"
(a) History.
(b) Aesthetics.
(c) Fiction.
(d) Love.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Act 2 Part 3, what does August claim is taken up "to blind him to the passing moon?"

2. How does Dan almost drown the previous summer?

3. What does Dan suggest Delia write a book and title it?

4. What class, or caste of people could marry anyone within the ancient caste system?

5. What was the bone awl that August displays made from?

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