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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 does the city of Ephebe decide to retaliate against Tsort?
(a) The gods tell them they should.
(b) They are afraid of Tsort.
(c) Before Tsort has a chance to attack.
(d) Before Tsort has a chance to run away.

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

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

4. When they are out to sea, what does Teppic do?
(a) Steers the ship.
(b) Dreams about his childhood.
(c) Falls asleep and dreams the strange dreams that Pharaohs have.
(d) Talks to Chidder about their childhood.

5. What had some of the gods begun to do?
(a) Evaporate.
(b) Die.
(c) Fight over the right to rule the sun.
(d) Leave.

Short Answer Questions

1. While Teppic is at the tea social with the philosophers, he talks to _______________, who is the expert on geometry.

2. What does Chidder do for Teppic and Ptraci?

3. Who made it out of the city before it disappeared?

4. There is a man in a cell that has cursed in the name of the king. What is his punishment?

5. Teppic tells Ptraci that he is the king. Why is she not convinced?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What has happened to the city?

4. What takes place after Teppic finds Ptraci?

5. What does Chidder do for Teppic and Ptraci?

6. What does Teppic do when he awakes?

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

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

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

10. What takes place between Ptraci, Teppic, and You Bastard and the two philosophers?

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