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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. Why, when the king dies, is a pyramid built and his body mummified?
(a) Mummification prepares the king for his journey into the afterlife.
(b) No one can survive the power of the pyramid without being mummified.
(c) The reason for the pyramid has been forgotten.
(d) Mummification preserves a king for many centuries.

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

3. Teppic is able to slip past the guards and finds Ptraci hiding ______________.
(a) In the pyramid.
(b) In the embalming room where he left her.
(c) In the garden.
(d) In his bed chamber.

4. Is Teppic able to get much help while with the philosophers?
(a) Only at first.
(b) Most of the time.
(c) No.
(d) Yes.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the city of Djelibeybi, the embalmer, Dil, gets out of bed and goes outside. How does he feel about what he sees?

2. Teppic needs a place to hide Ptraci and leaves her ______________.

3. How is Ila moving?

4. Dios remembers all the times that he has made the trip to the necropolis to revive himself. Why did he have to do this?

5. Why is every person stuck within Djelibeybi?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Teppic leave Ptraci?

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

3. What do the clones of Ptaclusp tell him about the capping of the pyramid? Why? How does Ptaclusp respond?

4. What does Pthagonal say about the dangers of pyramids?

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

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

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

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

9. What happens while Teppic resides over the Supreme Court?

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

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