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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the Librarian of Congress Faraday and Munira meet?
(a) Las Zenow.
(b) John James Beckley.
(c) Parvin Marchenoir.
(d) Carla Hayden.

2. The comment that “they may have handed me a pearl within this nasty oyster” (373) is an example of which of the following?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Simile.
(c) Chiasmus.
(d) Anaphora.

3. On what day is the scythes’ conclave slated to start?
(a) First Monday of the new year.
(b) First Tuesday of the new year.
(c) First Wednesday of the new year.
(d) First Thursday of the new year.

4. How many of the attackers on the theater hail from Texas?
(a) 7.
(b) 5.
(c) 6.
(d) 4.

5. How many were the founding scythes?
(a) 11.
(b) 7.
(c) 13.
(d) 9.

6. What kharmic statement do the Tonists Anastasia confronts in Fulcrum City make?
(a) What goes around comes around.
(b) There is always a price to pay.
(c) What rings out always comes back.
(d) Payback is unpleasant and inevitable.

7. Who is the first Grandslayer to die after the inquest?
(a) Kahlo.
(b) Nzinga.
(c) Xenocrates.
(d) Amundsen.

8. Of what sect are the Tonists Anastasia confronts in Fulcrum City?
(a) Locrian.
(b) Aeolian.
(c) Dorian.
(d) Phrygian.

9. Scythe Rand’s comment about Tyger that “He’s certainly not the sharpest machete on the mantle” (245) is an example of which of the following?
(a) Simile.
(b) Anaphora.
(c) Chiasmus.
(d) Metaphor.

10. Of what stone is the Australia Seat of Consideration made?
(a) Onyx.
(b) Cartouches.
(c) Sandstone.
(d) Shale and limestone.

11. At what theater does Scythe Anastasia purpose to trap her assailants?
(a) The Orpheum.
(b) The Lyceum.
(c) The Odeon.
(d) The Palladium.

12. Which of the following scythes is the Parliamentarian at the conclave?
(a) Salk.
(b) Paine.
(c) Sun Tzu.
(d) Mandela.

13. What is the collective noun for a group of scythes?
(a) Elegy.
(b) Clowder.
(c) Murder.
(d) Parliament.

14. Who is the first person to greet Greyson at the Tonist monastery?
(a) Brother McCloud.
(b) Abbot Costello.
(c) Curate Mendoza.
(d) Sister Piper.

15. In what row of the audience does Scythe Curie sit for the stage play?
(a) Sixth.
(b) Fifth.
(c) Seventh.
(d) Eighth.

Short Answer Questions

1. How far is Greyson able to move after fleeing the theater before he falls unconscious?

2. How old is the person upon whom Slayd preys to enact his distraction?

3. How many conspirators are set to stab Caesar in the stage play in which Scythe Anastasia performs?

4. To which early scythe’s writings does Munira refer Faraday for geography?

5. What likelihood does the Thunderhead calculate for the extinction of carbon-based life in its absence?

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