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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. Why does the Professor accompany his daughter to Chicago for the second trip?
(a) To help her move to Chicago.
(b) To shop for new clothes.
(c) To hear her lecture at the University.
(d) To help her buy things for her country house.

2. Who buys all the ancient objects excavated from Cliff City from Blake?
(a) A Russian soldier.
(b) A German man.
(c) A Mexican man from Taxco.
(d) A Canadian woman who was staying with family.

3. Where do the Professor and Outland travel the second time?
(a) To South America.
(b) To Africa.
(c) To Paris.
(d) To Old Mexico.

4. What does Outland have to clean up after the German man leaves the mesa?
(a) The cabin.
(b) The ruins.
(c) The mesa floor.
(d) The horse stalls.

5. In the end, how does the Professor feel about his life?
(a) He sees a new beginning.
(b) He is indifferent to it.
(c) The memories make him happy.
(d) He is saddened by it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Outland want to do when he sees the Blue Mesa?

2. Who is a good friend who supplied men and supplies for the Cliff City project?

3. Where does the Professor travel first with Outland?

4. When Blake passes out after the poker game, where does the gold lie?

5. Where does Blake put the bills that he won in the poker game?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Outland's group know that the ancient city had not been attacked by enemies?

2. Why is the Professor so tired after his trip with Rosamond? How does Rosamond take advantage of her father?

3. How did Outland affect the outcome of the Spanish Adventurers' novels?

4. What was Blake's personality like? How did this affect how others viewed him?

5. According to the Professor, when did he change from the young Kansas boy to the mature adult?

6. When Outland returns to the mesa after Washington, how does he see the sunset?

7. What did Lillian's income mean to the family as the years went by?

8. How does Outland react when he hears that Blake has sold the ancient objects from the ruins?

9. When the Professor thinks about Euripides, he thinks that maybe he lived in a cave because he had observed women so closely all his life. What does the Professor mean by this?

10. Had Outland lived, what would his life have looked like? Would he have lost his sense of adventure?

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