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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The next day Dios comes in to talk to Teppic while Teppic is ______________.
(a) Getting a haircut from the royal barber.
(b) Getting a shave from the royal barber.
(c) Getting his teeth cleaned by theroyal dentist.
(d) Getting a massage from the royal masseuse.

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

3. Why does no one listen to the dead king's response regarding the girl?
(a) They cannot hear him.
(b) They are ignoring him.
(c) They do not trust him.
(d) They do not like him.

4. Dios announces the kings verdict and that in concordance with the law what will happen to the girl?
(a) She will be set free.
(b) She will be fed to the sacred crocodiles.
(c) She will be banished.
(d) She will be tortured.

5. What are the gods that the people worshipped doing?
(a) Appearing all over the city.
(b) Running away from the city.
(c) Disappearing.
(d) Calling the people to the city.

6. Who is Khuft?
(a) The name of the pyramid.
(b) The founder of the city.
(c) The Sphinx.
(d) A giant.

7. What was another problem that has occurred during the building of the pyramid?
(a) Teppic did not like the design.
(b) The workers no longer wanted to work on the project.
(c) The workers are adding up their time and charging a year's wage for a couple of days.
(d) The price of stone has increased.

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

9. The great pyramid has become so _____________ that touching it burns the skin.
(a) Hot.
(b) Cold.
(c) Acidic.
(d) Diseased.

10. Dios comes to his senses. What does he tell the others?
(a) To stop fighting.
(b) To pray.
(c) The king is dead with no successor.
(d) To help the king.

11. In what does Teppic put Ptraci?
(a) A cell.
(b) A coffin.
(c) An empty room.
(d) A bed.

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

13. What is the only thing that has sat between Ephebe and Tsort?
(a) Necropolis.
(b) Cairo.
(c) Indianapolis.
(d) Djelibeybi.

14. That night Teppic puts on his assassin tools and robe and ______________.
(a) Searches for Chidder.
(b) Goes to rescue Ptraci.
(c) Runs away.
(d) Goes to kill Dios.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When they are getting ready to leave, Teppic decides that they will do what with the others in the prison?

2. Where does the dead king say that the girl went?

3. Why is Ptraci supposed to kill herself?

4. Upon awakening in the embalming room, why is King Teppicymon XXVII unable to see?

5. Ptraci and Teppic run to the stables and find ______________.

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