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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened to the man in the red robes when he returned to the city?
(a) He got lost.
(b) He decided to leave.
(c) He found the gates locked.
(d) He found the city burned to the ground.

2. What is the example that Arkad gives for gaining interest?
(a) His agreement with the shield maker.
(b) An exchange between family members.
(c) The banker's agreement.
(d) Another person's failure during a loan.

3. In order to earn more, what does Arkad say to do?
(a) Work two jobs.
(b) Have a smaller family.
(c) Spend less.
(d) Learn more.

4. What is the first topic of discussion?
(a) How to entice Good Luck.
(b) How to hide money from the tax man.
(c) How to invest.
(d) How to make more money at their jobs.

5. What was Arkad before his current position?
(a) A lowly worker
(b) A bread maker
(c) A slave
(d) A royal king

6. Who is the richest man in Babylon?
(a) Kobbi.
(b) Bansir.
(c) Arad.
(d) Arkad.

7. What is universal?
(a) The desire to be happy.
(b) The desire to be beautiful.
(c) The desire to be lucky.
(d) The desire to be alone.

8. What is the profession of the person in #27?
(a) King.
(b) Baker.
(c) Moneylender.
(d) Carpet maker.

9. What can Nomasir do when he returns to Arkad?
(a) Stay forever.
(b) Beg for money.
(c) Repay Arkad, plus two additional bags of gold.
(d) Reveal his new robes.

10. What else does Arkad learn?
(a) To become a moneylender.
(b) To wisely invest his savings to see them grow.
(c) To hide away his money from others.
(d) To pick winning bets.

11. What does Arkad challenge the men to do?
(a) To make more money than he has.
(b) Name one prominent man who started their wealth by winning at the gaming tables.
(c) To name a man who is richer than he is.
(d) To save more money than he has.

12. Who do Bansir and Kobbi bring with them on their trip to Arkad?
(a) Several other men
(b) Money
(c) Offerings
(d) Gold pieces

13. Where does the story begin?
(a) Constantinople
(b) Bangladesh
(c) Babylon
(d) Assyria

14. Who did not care for this custom?
(a) Arkad.
(b) Abad.
(c) Algamish.
(d) Bansir.

15. Why do people come to Arkad?
(a) To get a loan.
(b) To learn how his amassed this wealth.
(c) To visit.
(d) To see his chariot.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is favored by the Goddess of Good Luck?

2. What is Kobbi's profession?

3. From what should Arkad take this amount of savings?

4. Where are Bansir and Kobbi sitting when they see the palace?

5. What is the main lesson of this chapter?

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