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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. What color is the powder that the mystery man in Chapter 8 mixes with water?
(a) Light jade.
(b) Cyan.
(c) Vermilion.
(d) Sulfur yellow.

2. How many people are in Linnaeus Hall for the presentation of the evidence gleaned from the Bitterman autopsy?
(a) One hundred and ten.
(b) Seven.
(c) Fourteen.
(d) Thirty-six.

3. What is the name of the waterway in which Snow goes on his first dive?
(a) Cloaca Maxima.
(b) Hudson River.
(c) Ohio River.
(d) Cripple Creek.

4. On what item does D'Agosta strike a match in Chapter 7?
(a) The sole of his shoe.
(b) The underside of his desk.
(c) All answers are incorrect.
(d) The matchbox.

5. What were the killings called that Dr. Frock and Margo solved in the prequel to "Reliquary"?
(a) The Metropolitan Murders.
(b) Route 666 Killings.
(c) Museum Beast Killings.
(d) The Eyebrow Creature Killings.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the frieze in Linnaeus Hall represent?

2. What was the Tower modeled after?

3. What is the name of the librarian at the New York Historical Society?

4. What does Nick Bitterman proclaim August seventh to be?

5. What question does Pendergast ask D'Agosta when they see the squatters' fire in the tunnel?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do you think is the importance of the New York Museum of Natural History to the storyline?

2. What about the Museum of Natural History makes its atmosphere àpropos to a book of this genre?

3. When Mephisto gives Smithback the nickname "scriblerian," what does he imply?

4. Does the existence of an underground "clan" seem plausible? What do you think is their purpose in the story?

5. Why do you think people of so many disciplines are called in to examine the two skeletons found in the river?

6. Who is the homeless man who invades D'Agosta's office, and what is his reason for being there?

7. Why do you think the author mentions his previous book, "Relic"?

8. What seems to be the reason that the unknown character in Chapter 8 holds the Ceremony?

9. Do you think that Bill Smithback would do anything to get the exclusive on a murder investigation? Why or why not? Do his tactics seem moral or sensationa? Why?

10. How does D'Agosta take Waxie's assignment as team leader for the investigation? Why does he feel it might be a good move for all concerned?

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