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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 is the king a little surprised to see Gern and Dil there?
(a) He thought they were done embalming him.
(b) The king is supposed to be in his own afterlife different from commoners.
(c) He thought he would see his wife.
(d) The king is supposed to live forever.

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

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

4. Why is Ptraci supposed to kill herself?
(a) She is an orphan.
(b) So she can be the late king's servant in his afterlife.
(c) She has committed a sin.
(d) She is an illegitimate child.

5. Dios remembers all the times that he has made the trip to the necropolis to revive himself. Why did he have to do this?
(a) He was looking for someone to rule.
(b) He was bored.
(c) He was afraid of dying.
(d) There was no one to rule that was competent.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the only thing that has sat between Ephebe and Tsort?

2. Who is Khuft?

3. Why does no one listen to the dead king's response regarding the girl?

4. Dios explains to the priests that the gods were created and have no rights to the city because ______________.

5. The camel does the calculations needed to know ______________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Teppic do when he awakes?

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

3. What has happened to Illa?

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

5. What takes place in Teppic's dream?

6. Where does Teppic leave Ptraci?

7. What happens when King Teppicymon XXVII awakens?

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

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

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

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