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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do the men drink ashes at the conclusion of the Drummer ritual?
(a) To increase the flame of passion in their hearts.
(b) To fully extinguish the fire.
(c) Drinking the ashes is much like smoking.
(d) To integrate the sacrificed person with the community.

2. Madame Ping explains that members of the New Atlantis phyle have what sort of fantasies?
(a) To attain the Victorian's level of sophistication.
(b) To imagine they are part of a Drummers' ritual.
(c) To attain the Victorian's level of power.
(d) To experience the freedom of Thetes.

3. In the Primer, what do Princess Nell and her friends do in the castle of King Magpie?
(a) Rescue Harv.
(b) Find a new friend.
(c) Learn martial arts.
(d) Steal the first key.

4. When Carl Hollywood finds Nell near the end of the novel, what is she doing?
(a) Calling on the Queen of the Drummers.
(b) Calling on the Queen of the Seed.
(c) Calling on the Queen of the Mouse Army.
(d) Calling on the Queen of the Fists.

5. Hackworth receives a message in Vancouver to seek whom?
(a) Lord Finkle-McGraw.
(b) Dr. X.
(c) The Arbitrator.
(d) The Alchemist.

6. In the Primer, Princess Nell learns that several castles are plagued by a problem caused by whom?
(a) The Duke of Turing.
(b) The Mouse Army.
(c) The Robot Army.
(d) The Black Knight.

7. Before Nell leaves Constable Moore and Dovetail, who does he advise her to be on the lookout for?
(a) Doctor X.
(b) The Victorians.
(c) The Fist of Righteous Harmony.
(d) Hackworth.

8. Madame Ping, who hires Nell in her first job, runs what sort of establishment?
(a) A brothel.
(b) A theatre.
(c) A bakery.
(d) A restaurant.

9. What is the reason for Miss Stricken's highly repetitive and useless tasks at the Academy?
(a) To teach good penmanship.
(b) To teach patience and obedience.
(c) To allow the other teachers some time away from the classroom.
(d) She takes joy from punishing the students.

10. After Hackworth awakens from his dreams and crawls through the tunnels, what does he find?
(a) His horse, Kidnapper.
(b) A woman.
(c) Gwendolyn.
(d) His horse, Eggshell.

11. After Hackworth crawls back through the underwater tunnels to the shore, what clues indicate the passage of time?
(a) His mechanical horse has moss on it and he is balding.
(b) His mechanical horse has rusted and his hair is greyer.
(c) His mechanical horse has rusted and he is balding.
(d) His mechanical horse has moss on it and his hair is greyer.

12. What does Carl Hollywood discover has been implanted in everyone's blood by the Drummers?
(a) Mites that increase physical desire.
(b) Mites that can execute anyone with no warning.
(c) Parasites that make everyone want to participate in the Drummers' sexual rituals.
(d) Nanosites that make everyone part of a network of distributed intelligence.

13. In the Primer, how does Princess Nell defeat King Coyote?
(a) She gives Wizard 2.0 a message with a programming error.
(b) She gives Wizard 3.1 a message with a programming error.
(c) She gives the King a message that Wizard 2.0 has programming errors.
(d) She gives Wizard 3.1 a message to destroy the King.

14. When Hackworth leaves his ex-wife and daughter, what does his daughter do?
(a) She tells Gwendolyn that she and Hackworth should remarry.
(b) She runs to her room and cries.
(c) She jumps on his mechanical horse and leaves with him.
(d) She communicates her feelings for Hackworth through her Primer.

15. When Carl Hollywood meets with Lord Finkle-McGraw, what does Carl Hollywood say regarding Miranda?
(a) Miranda has joined the Drummers, she continues to work on the Primer, and she cannot be reached.
(b) Miranda has joined the Victorians, she continues to work on the Primer, and she contacts Carl Hollywood regularly.
(c) Miranda has joined the Drummers, she continues to work on the Primer, and she contacts Carl Hollywood regularly.
(d) Miranda has joined the Drummers, she has stopped working on the Primer, and she cannot be reached.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Hackworth awakens from his dream state, what sort of dreams does he recall?

2. Describe the woman at the center of the Drummer ritual.

3. After the Drummers take turns with a woman during their ritual, what happens to the woman?

4. What theatrical company is performing on the barge that Hackworth and Fiona board?

5. When Carl Hollywood meets with Lord Finkle-McGraw, what does Lord Finkle-McGraw say regarding Elizabeth?

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