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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Chidder do for Teppic and Ptraci?
(a) He gives them money.
(b) He finds them a way home.
(c) He saves the city.
(d) He takes them as passengers on his boat and gives them clothes.

3. Ptraci and Teppic decide that they will go where to talk to the men there that have very unsound ideas about geometry?
(a) To the city of Ephebe.
(b) To the city of Jerusalem.
(c) To the city of Tsort.
(d) To the city of Cairo.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Dios comes to his senses. What does he tell the others?

3. What does Dios do when Teppic tries to pass what he feels are fair judgments for the people?

4. What happens to everything that a person believes?

5. When do Teppic and Ptaclusp decide that the capping ceremony will begin?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Dios believe the gods have no right to be there?

2. What does Teppic do that night, after spending time in the supreme court?

3. How do Dios and Teppic meet the next day?

4. What takes place in Teppic's dream?

5. What happens when Dios and Teppic arrive in the embalming room?

6. What has happened to the city?

7. Why is Gern worried that the gods will attack the city? What does the king think about this?

8. What ceremony is to take place the next day?

9. What is learned about the purpose of pyramids?

10. Why does a man in the prison not want to be freed?

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