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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What procession did the people gather to see?

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

3. How does Brutha respond when he is asked to describe the anteroom?

4. How does the tortoise prove he is a god?

5. What did Vorbis do to the porpoises?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Om say happened to him?

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

3. What is the relationship between eagles and tortoises, according to the author?

4. Why is torture acceptable according to Brutha?

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

6. Why is it so important for Om to find a philosopher?

7. Describe what the philosophers are like.

8. Who is Vorbis, and how do others view him?

9. How are the Omnians treated in Ephebe?

10. What happens to gods according to Koomi?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe in great detail the relationship between Om and Brutha. Why can Brutha hear him when others can't? How does he treat Om?

Essay Topic 2

How does it come to pass that Vorbis promotes himself as a prophet? Why do the people believe him? How does he treat Brutha?

Essay Topic 3

How does the philosophers' view of religion parallel real-world reluctance to discuss religion? What are some of the similarities between faith and gods?

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