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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 is Nut the goddess of?

2. What does the wax man in the library say?

3. What is Bast the goddess of?

4. What does Nut say will keep her from contacting the group?

5. What does Julius want to view privately on Christmas Eve?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Carter and Sadie argue about while looking for the temple and what happens?

2. How does Sadie convince Carter to go into the library?

3. What does Nut say to the person talking to her in their sleep?

4. What happens when Carter opens the Book of Thoth?

5. How do Carter, Sadie, and Zia get away from Serqet at the museum?

6. What does the Great Room look like?

7. Why does Iksander say the Egyptian empire fell?

8. Why has Carter seen so much of the world?

9. What is Bast's version of Ruby's death?

10. How does Bast say the world is really created and run?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What role does symbolism play in the story and where does it appear? How is the plot altered by the presence of these symbols?

Essay Topic 2

Carter endures many different trials before the end of the book. What are some of these trials and what lessons does he learn through these experiences?

Essay Topic 3

This book takes place in a few different settings. Describe some of these settings and how they affected the course of the plot. Why might Simmons have chosen these particular places for this plot to take place?

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