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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sira ask Dabasir?
(a) Whether he is interested in her.
(b) Whether he has the heart of a slave or a freeman.
(c) What his favorite camel is.
(d) How much money he has.

2. What is the lesson of the chapter?
(a) Better to be rich for a moment than not rich at all.
(b) Better to spend it all than die rich.
(c) Better a little caution than a great regret.
(d) Better to listen to the wise than to counsel with the dumb.

3. When Dabasir is caught doing illegal things, what happens to him?
(a) He meets a new wife.
(b) He is made the slave of the Syrian chief.
(c) He runs away from the town.
(d) He stays in prison for a long time.

4. Who does Rodan talk to?
(a) Bansir.
(b) Rala.
(c) Arkad.
(d) Mathon.

5. What is Dabasir eating?
(a) Bread.
(b) An entire chicken.
(c) A whole goat leg.
(d) He isn't eating.

6. What does Mathon tell Dabasir?
(a) To give up on his wife.
(b) To find a business in which he is knowledgeable.
(c) To sell his camel.
(d) To go back to Sira.

7. What floats into the sky to carry the message of victory?
(a) White smoke.
(b) Ribbons.
(c) Blue smoke.
(d) Music.

8. What does Dabasir NOT vow to do?
(a) Repay his debts.
(b) Return to Babylon.
(c) Come back for Sira.
(d) Regain the love of his wife.

9. What is Rodan's quandary?
(a) Who a stranger is.
(b) What to do with his gold.
(c) Where to live.
(d) What he should eat.

10. What happens at the Temple of Bel?
(a) It burns to the ground.
(b) The bells are ringing.
(c) People gather to pray.
(d) Great flames of victory burst forth.

11. Who has a tattoo like those of a sailor?
(a) Rodan.
(b) Pirate.
(c) Arkad.
(d) Sharru Nada.

12. Who is riding with the leader of the caravan?
(a) Algamish.
(b) Mathon.
(c) Rodan.
(d) Hadan Gula.

13. How much does Dabasir have at the end of 3 months' time?
(a) 10 gold pieces.
(b) 21 gold pieces.
(c) 8 gold pieces.
(d) 5 gold pieces.

14. What does Mathon do?
(a) Leaves immediately.
(b) Gives Rodan money to go away.
(c) Unexpectedly dies.
(d) Tells Rodan two stories.

15. What does the first tablet include?
(a) A three fold plan for paying off debts.
(b) The story of Bansir's success.
(c) The name of the richest man in Babylon.
(d) The secret to winning at gambling.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the third tablet include?

2. Who gave the gold pieces?

3. What is the lesson of the second story?

4. What does Dabasir do to keep up with his debt?

5. Why did Babylon endure for centuries?

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