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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are eagles known for, as the book opens?
(a) Dropping tortoises from great distances.
(b) Their great care for their chicks.
(c) Their beautiful feathers.
(d) Their ability to soar in the wind.

2. How long will it take Li-Tze to get to his destination?
(a) Two days.
(b) One year.
(c) One month.
(d) Four years.

3. According to the author, what is the world full of?
(a) Sin.
(b) Love.
(c) Eagles.
(d) Small gods.

4. How does Brutha respond when he is asked to describe the anteroom?
(a) He describes it perfectly.
(b) He is afraid to talk, thinking it's a trap.
(c) He remembers some vague details.
(d) He can't remember.

5. What procession did the people gather to see?
(a) Brutha was getting promoted.
(b) The Cenobiarch was returning from the service.
(c) The march of the eagles.
(d) Vorbis was getting promoted.

6. How do the clergy regard Vorbis?
(a) With great respect.
(b) They laugh at his attempts to gain power.
(c) They hate him.
(d) They think he is weak.

7. How do the philosophers view faith?
(a) As the center of their existence.
(b) As the string that holds life together.
(c) As the connection to the gods.
(d) As an outmoded concept.

8. What reputation did Mr. Dhblah have?
(a) He was vicious in his pricing.
(b) An impeccable reputation
(c) He sold suspicious holy relics.
(d) He stole from others and sold the items on the streets.

9. Where is Lu-Tze supposed to travel to?
(a) Omnia.
(b) Ramtop.
(c) His mother's house.
(d) The Citadel.

10. What does Discworld rest on?
(a) The edge of the Milky Way.
(b) A desert.
(c) A tortoise.
(d) A space ocean.

11. What did the Omnian Church do to Koomi?
(a) Koomi was worshipped as the highest god.
(b) Koomi was excommunicated.
(c) Koomi was cursed.
(d) Koomi was brought into the family.

12. What did Vorbis ask Brutha to forget?
(a) Seeing the soldiers.
(b) How they met.
(c) How they traveled.
(d) His life with his grandmother.

13. How did the eagle react to the people.
(a) It arrogantly led them.
(b) It wasn't used to them.
(c) It disdainfully ignored them.
(d) It flew off, afraid of them.

14. What is emblazoned on the letter Sergeant Simony opens?
(a) Nothing.
(b) A turtle.
(c) Vorbis' seal.
(d) A rose .

15. What will a tortoise someday do according to the author?
(a) Walk upright.
(b) Move faster than a leopard.
(c) Rule the world.
(d) Fly.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Brutha supposed to do in the place he is ordered to go?

2. Brutha is surprised by Om's thinking because it is what?

3. Who greeted Fri'it when he opened his eyes after he tried to pray?

4. What do the monks in the Ramtop mountains do?

5. Where does Vorbis order Brutha to go?

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