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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. What does the disappearance of Djelibeybi do to Ephebe and Tsort?

2. Is Teppic able to get much help while with the philosophers?

3. What is the camel's name?

4. To what do the philosophers offer to Teppic?

5. What does Chidder do for Teppic and Ptraci?

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. What happens in Djelibevbi?

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

5. What happens when King Teppicymon XXVII awakens?

6. Who is the camel?

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

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

9. What has happened to Illa?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Teppic resides over the supreme court.

Part 1) What power does he have as the judge at the court? Why?

Part 2) What might this say about our own supreme court and those who rule over it? What message does this send to the reader?

Part 3) What other aspects of this book reflect aspects in our own culture? Are these positive reflections of our society? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Teppic seems to have real power.

Part 1) How do you know this? From where does this power come?

Part 2) How does his power affect others? How is it important to the plot of the story? How is his power foreshadowed early in the story?

Part 3) Who in our own world has real power? Describe this power.

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