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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Descent of the Gods.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened to the prisoner Alcasan?
(a) He tried to defy the N.I.C.E. and is now undergoing brainwashing experiments.
(b) He became the Head.
(c) He was tortured and killed.
(d) He never really existed; he was just a propaganda story.

2. Who is causing all of the disturbances that Mark is writing about?
(a) The College.
(b) St. Anne's.
(c) Mr. Ransom.
(d) N.I.C.E.

3. What effect does the coming of Jove have on the people at St. Anne's?
(a) The temperature rises, and a sweet breeze wafts through the room.
(b) Everyone in the house becomes very cold.
(c) Knowledge and thoughts flow freely.
(d) Causes everyone in the house to feel regal and proud.

4. What does Feverstone reveal as the main mission of the N.I.C.E.?
(a) To remake the human race.
(b) To tear down the college.
(c) To overthrow the government and replace it with new and fresh ideas.
(d) To make a safe haven for an upcoming war.

5. What effect does the coming of Saturn have on the people at St. Anne's?
(a) Everyone in the house becomes very cold.
(b) Causes everyone in the house to feel regal and proud.
(c) Knowledge and thoughts flow freely.
(d) The temperature rises, and a sweet breeze wafts through the room.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is so different about Jane wanting so desperately to join St. Anne's from the beginning of the book?

2. What did the macrobes tell Frost that the fate of human beings is?

3. What effect does the coming of Mercury have on the people at St. Anne's?

4. Why do the Dennistons want Jane in their group?

5. What reason does the N.I.C.E. give for the riots happening in Edgestow?

(see the answer key)

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