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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is mentioned by Cynthia is planning on driving down in the morning after the discovery?
(a) Newsweek.
(b) John Wilmore.
(c) Dr. Lefitt.
(d) Croff.

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

3. What does August say has never been discovered from Mississippian Culture?
(a) The grave of a god-king.
(b) Indications of cannibalism.
(c) Signs of poetry and literature.
(d) An altar.

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

5. What does Dan say the God-King dressed in?
(a) Swan feathers.
(b) Animal hides.
(c) Golden jewelry.
(d) Eagles feathers.

Short Answer Questions

1. August encounters a slide of himself in Act 2 Part 3. Where is he in the photograph?

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

3. 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?

4. When does August say Delia left the house she grew up in?

5. What does Delia do to calm down the hysterical Jean in Act 2?

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