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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Ferrell contacts Laurence Macy III, who is Ferrell asking about?
(a) Laurence's deceased aunt.
(b) Laurence's deceased sister.
(c) Laurence's deceased wife.
(d) Laurence's deceased cousin.

2. Margaret gave Ralph a sculpture of what before he left?
(a) A cat.
(b) Herself.
(c) A tomb.
(d) A dragon.

3. What does Ralph say is the problem with putting riches into a tomb?
(a) Getting them into the tomb to begin with.
(b) Theft of the riches.
(c) Aging of the riches.
(d) Loss of the riches.

4. Who is Howard Carter?
(a) A private investigator.
(b) A professor at Oxford.
(c) A famous archaeologist.
(d) A book critic.

5. What does Ralph lower past the smooth stone once they remove it from the cliff face?
(a) A light.
(b) A lantern.
(c) A rope.
(d) A candle.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Ralph, what was Margaret doing when she and Ralph first met?

2. What is the name of Margaret's Swedish nurse?

3. What does Ferrell say is one of the motives for human behavior?

4. What is the location of Ralph's villa?

5. What does the smooth rock in the cliff face turn out to be?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is one of the problems with translating written Egyptian?

2. What reason does the Director General's note give for not letting Ralph dig?

3. Describe the staircase that Ralph visits at Carter's site.

4. What does the first day at the dig for Ralph, Ahmed and a few workers entail?

5. What are some examples Ralph gives of bad translations of Atum-hadu's poetry?

6. What is found beyond the sixth door?

7. Why does Ralph think that Atum-hadu's tomb has been hidden since the beginning?

8. Describe the party CCF threw for Ralph and Margaret.

9. What happens between Ferrell and Margaret during their first meeting?

10. What happens when one of the workers finds a patch of smooth white rock in the cliff face?

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