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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is riding with the leader of the caravan?

2. What does the third tablet include?

3. What does the second tablet include?

4. What does Dabasir NOT vow to do?

5. What happens as a result of #98?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The idea of protection is a major theme in the entire book. How are the walls of Babylon a metaphor for financial security? What kinds of "walls" could be implemented to protect one's financial future? How can the walls continue to hold year after year?

Essay Topic 2

What are the five laws of Gold, and why do you think that Nomasir didn't choose to follow them from the beginning?

Essay Topic 3

The idea of luck and its misfortune is brought up at several points of the book. But when Arkad cautions the men against gambling, do you think this goes against his other advice about taking immediate action? If someone does something quickly and without hesitation, Arkad seems to say that this is a favorable way to live and to amass wealth. But at the same time, it's risky. Does Arkad contradict himself in the fourth chapter, in your opinion?

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