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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 will a tortoise someday do according to the author?

2. What does Om remember?

3. What happens when Brutha tries to get out of the maze?

4. How do the clergy regard Vorbis?

5. What is Sasho sentenced to?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to gods according to Koomi?

2. Describe what the philosophers are like.

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

4. Why does Brutha go to talk with Lu-Tze, and what does the man do to reassure him?

5. How does Brutha's brain work?

6. Describe Didactylos and why Brutha was referred to him.

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

8. Why is torture acceptable according to Brutha?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the concept of big gods and lesser gods. Describe how a great god becomes a lesser god, and how a god ceases to exist.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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

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