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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What scythe remarks that “We have just entered the worst of all possible worlds” (349)?
(a) Heinlein.
(b) Clarke.
(c) Asimov.
(d) Silverberg.

2. How many unsavories are reported gleaned during the attack on the theater?
(a) 9.
(b) 10.
(c) 11.
(d) 8.

3. 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) Payback is unpleasant and inevitable.
(d) What rings out always comes back.

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

5. With what drink does Tyger present Rowan when the latter wakes in San Antonio?
(a) Juice.
(b) Milk.
(c) Tea.
(d) Coffee.

6. Of what stone is the North Merica Seat of Consideration made?
(a) Cartouches.
(b) Jade.
(c) Shale and limestone.
(d) Granite.

7. How many guards does Rowan kill as he escapes captivity in Endura?
(a) 5.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

8. How many standard sets does Bokator have?
(a) 1,000.
(b) 341.
(c) 67.
(d) 276.

9. How many years old is Endura?
(a) 250.
(b) 300.
(c) 150.
(d) 200.

10. In what city does Scythe Anastasia purpose to trap her assailants during a stage play?
(a) Manhattan.
(b) Olathe.
(c) Topeka.
(d) Wichita.

11. What line is supposed to be Anastasia’s cue (268)?
(a) “Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears.”
(b) “Hence! Wilt thou lift up Olympus?”
(c) “Beware the Ides of March.”
(d) “Doth not Brutus bootless kneel?”

12. If Tonists travel in a group of 12, what do they purpose to represent?
(a) Tones of the chromatic scale.
(b) Tones of the whole-tone scale.
(c) Tones of the diatonic scale.
(d) Tones of the pentatonic scale.

13. With what warning does the Librarian of Congress leave Faraday and Munira?
(a) Mind the rats.
(b) Mind the gap.
(c) Mind your manners.
(d) Mind your head.

14. What title is given the overall leader of the scythes?
(a) Overblade.
(b) Grand Blade.
(c) High Blade.
(d) Supreme Blade.

15. How long does the Thunderhead scream after the Fall of Endura?
(a) 10 minutes.
(b) 10 hours.
(c) 10 days.
(d) 10 seconds.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many apprentices are tested in poisons at the conclave?

2. The comment that “the line in the sand became a fissure that threatened to swallow those who did not choose a side” (327) offers an example of which of the following?

3. Of what stone is the EuroScandia Seat of Consideration made?

4. How long is Scythe Constantine expected to convalesce after the attack on the theater?

5. What injury does Scythe Constantine sustain in the theater?

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