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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Gern concerned that the gods are attacking the city?
(a) He does not believe in the gods.
(b) He cursed the gods.
(c) He made love to his girlfriend before they were married.
(d) He is a god.

2. What does Teppic discover when he is looking for the city?
(a) The lost city of Atlantis.
(b) If he holds his head at the correct angle and squints, he can see the city throught a crack in a stone.
(c) Ephebe.
(d) Another city.

3. The priests in the palace begin to ______________.
(a) Pray.
(b) Talk.
(c) Bicker and fight.
(d) Run away.

4. While Teppic is at the tea social with the philosophers, he talks to _______________, who is the expert on geometry.
(a) Python.
(b) Pthagonal.
(c) Pthagoras.
(d) Pthergen.

5. The following day Teppic resides over ______________.
(a) The supreme court.
(b) A funeral.
(c) A party.
(d) A meeting.

6. Ptraci, Teppic, and You Bastard reach Ephebe and meet two philosophers who are ______________.
(a) Singing.
(b) Talking.
(c) Shooting at turtles on sticks.
(d) Hunting deer.

7. Why is every person stuck within Djelibeybi?
(a) The fog is too thick to find a way out.
(b) The roads are blocked.
(c) The roads out of the city lead back in again.
(d) They are all locked in the buildings.

8. Dios is there waiting on Teppic and Ptraci with several guards and orders that they will be killed for what reason?
(a) Running away.
(b) Dishonoring the king.
(c) Disobeying Dios' orders.
(d) The murder of the king.

9. Upon awakening in the embalming room, why is King Teppicymon XXVII unable to see?
(a) There is not light.
(b) His eyes and all his vital organs have been taken out of his body.
(c) He has a blindfold over his eyes.
(d) His eyelids will not lift.

10. Why do Ptaclusp's sons say that the pyramid has to be capped that night?
(a) The next day is the Sabbath.
(b) The consequences will be severe.
(c) It will be cheaper.
(d) It is to rain the next day.

11. Teppic tells Ptraci that he is the king. Why is she not convinced?
(a) He does not look like a king.
(b) He lies a lot.
(c) She does not trust anyone.
(d) She has never seen the king's face before.

12. Who made it out of the city before it disappeared?
(a) Ptraci, Teppic, and You Bastard.
(b) King Teppicymon XXVII, Teppic, and Ptraci.
(c) Teppic, You Bastard, and KingTeppicymon XXVII.
(d) Ptraci, King Teppicymon XXVII, and You Bastard.

13. Dios explains to the priests that the gods were created and have no rights to the city because ______________.
(a) They are not smart.
(b) They do not exist.
(c) They do not follow Dios' directions.
(d) They do not own the people.

14. Belief is not as strong as gravity, but has done what?
(a) Grown in strength.
(b) Lost strength.
(c) Hurt the people.
(d) Grown heavier.

15. Pyramids are _______ in the stream of time.
(a) Fish.
(b) Rocks.
(c) Currents.
(d) Dams.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Ptraci not realize that Teppic is the king?

2. Why, when the king dies, is a pyramid built and his body mummified?

3. What does Chidder do for Teppic and Ptraci?

4. Is Teppic able to get much help while with the philosophers?

5. How does Teppic act when Dios tells him that the girl from court has been freed from the prison?

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