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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 does Om tell Brutha about the world?

2. What is unique about the philosopher who appears?

3. Who was Om's first believer?

4. What does Om compare Vorbis to?

5. How does General Fri'it view the coming war?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How are the Omnians treated in Ephebe?

3. What do the cloaked revolutionaries talk of doing?

4. Who is Om?

5. Why does Brutha have a difficult time feeling sympathetic toward the slave?

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

7. Describe what the philosophers are like.

8. What happens to gods according to Koomi?

9. What happens when Brutha hears Om's cries for help?

10. What does Om say happened to him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

As Om spends time among mortals, he begins to think, for the first time ever, of the concepts of fairness and justice. What makes him think of these, and what are his thoughts? Why did he never think of these in his powerful god state?

Essay Topic 2

Om does a lot of thinking about gods and his own status and relationships as they walk in the desert. What does he realize? How is his relationship with Brutha different now, and how does he plan to respond to the changes?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the hierarchy in the monastery, and explain Brutha's position and where he fits in at the monastery.

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