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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does General Fri'it view the coming war?
(a) As a waste of manpower.
(b) As a wave they will be forced to ride.
(c) As a powerful eagle annihilating everything in its path.
(d) As a threat.

3. How id Didactylos making money when Brutha finds him?
(a) He is taking bets.
(b) He is teaching others how to think.
(c) A long line of people want to buy his thoughts.
(d) He is sweeping.

4. What did Brutha steal?
(a) A map.
(b) Candy.
(c) Half rotten cabbage.
(d) Money.

5. Who was Om's first believer?
(a) A gardner.
(b) Brutha.
(c) A shepherd.
(d) Vorbis.

Short Answer Questions

1. What procession did the people gather to see?

2. What is unique about the philosopher who appears?

3. What happens after Brutha prays?

4. What did Brutha think of Vorbis?

5. What did Fri'it decide to do when he was trying to pray?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the first meeting between Om, Didactylos and Urn.

2. Who is Om?

3. What does Nhumrod do when he hears Om?

4. How does Brutha's brain work?

5. How are the Omnians treated in Ephebe?

6. What is happening to the drunk Fri'it?

7. How does Vorbis feel about Brutha's answers regarding faith?

8. What happens when the eagle swoops down over the Place of Lamentation?

9. What do the Omnians think of their Tyrant, and how does he act?

10. Describe what the philosophers are like.

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