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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What amazes Didactylos and his nephew regarding Brutha?
(a) He traversed the Ephebian maze with no assistance.
(b) They are amazed at his connection to the gods.
(c) He was an avid reader.
(d) He could eat more than anyone they had ever met.

2. What was missing from the ashes that made Vorbis suspicious?
(a) A match.
(b) Furniture.
(c) Bones.
(d) Book fragments.

3. What did Luz-Tze confess to?
(a) Stalling history.
(b) Nudging history.
(c) Killing Brutha.
(d) Killing Vorbis.

4. Why is Brutha worried as they leave the harbor?
(a) He wonders if Vorbis is still alive.
(b) He thinks the books are "leaking" in his head.
(c) He isn't sure if they destroyed all the books.
(d) He is concerned about facing the sea goddess.

5. What weather hits them?
(a) Zephyrs.
(b) Sleet.
(c) A hurricane.
(d) Tornados.

6. When does the group travel?
(a) In the morning.
(b) Only at dusk.
(c) In the heat of the day.
(d) At night.

7. Why doesn't Sergeant Simony rush to rescue Brutha?
(a) He is held back by guards.
(b) He believes in predestination.
(c) He is afraid to interfere.
(d) He thinks Brutha is a good martyr.

8. Where does Brutha work when he is back in the Citadel?
(a) In the garden.
(b) In the marketplace.
(c) In the ktichen.
(d) In the chapel.

9. What do the gods tell the mortals?
(a) They will all die.
(b) They need to make peace.
(c) They need to fight.
(d) Their lives are not a game, and they are alive.

10. What does Om contemplate as Brutha sleeps?
(a) Mortality.
(b) Their survival.
(c) Their path to Omnia.
(d) Their return to Ephebe.

11. What does Simony want to do as the army approaches?
(a) Hide.
(b) Peacefully confront them.
(c) Run.
(d) Fight.

12. What does Om offer Dhblah?
(a) Professional advice.
(b) A pardon.
(c) Water.
(d) Poisoned food.

13. What have many sailors seen according to Didactylos?
(a) How round the earth was.
(b) The face of death.
(c) The turtle the world is on.
(d) The sea goddess.

14. What does Didactylos say he will do with his writings?
(a) Recant them.
(b) Spit on them.
(c) Burn them.
(d) Protect them with his life.

15. What did Urn invent?
(a) A steam-powered boat.
(b) A powerful weapon.
(c) A firehose.
(d) A vehicle for driving.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Didactylos say about his own writing - to Brutha's dismay?

2. Where do Didactylos, Urn, and Simony end out?

3. What does St. Ungulant take for sustenance?

4. Who is with Brutha when he wakes up in the Citadel?

5. How does the deacon figure Brutha escaped?

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