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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Teppic is able to slip past the guards and finds Ptraci hiding ______________.

2. Why is Ptraci supposed to kill herself?

3. What does IIb decide is the only way to fix Ila?

4. Why is every person stuck within Djelibeybi?

5. Why does Khuft run into the desert?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens in Djelibevbi?

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

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

4. Where does Teppic leave Ptraci?

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

6. What takes place in Teppic's dream?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Dios wants Teppic to marry Teppic's aunt.

Part 1) Why does he want Teppic to marry his aunt? How does Teppic feel about this? Might other Pharaohs have married blood relatives? What might this explain about the Pharaohs?

Part 2) Does this occur in real life? Why or why not? Why does this belief about bloodlines exist? Do you agree? Why or why not?

Part 3) How might this marrying within the family benefit Dios?

Essay Topic 2

Teppic has many strange dreams.

Part 1) Describe these dreams. Why does he have these dreams?

Part 2) How are dreams important in this story to Teppic, as well as other characters?

Part 3) What do the dreams of the Pharaohs imitate from stories in our own culture? What stories regarding dreams and the importance of dreams exist in our own culture?

Essay Topic 3

Teppic graduates from assassin school.

Part 1) Describe assassin school. Why does he attend assassin school? How does it benefit him to become a community member and as Pharaoh?

Part 2) To what might assassin school be compared in our own culture? What message does this send the reader?

Part 3) How is the assassin school important to this story? What does it reveal about Teppic?

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