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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Into what construction does the Librarian of Congress admit Faraday and Munira?
(a) The Cannon Tunnel.
(b) The Lincoln Tunnel.
(c) The Channel Tunnel.
(d) The Cannon Archive.

2. How many people does Scythe Goddard glean between leaving the conclave and getting into the limousine with Scythe Rand?
(a) 5.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

3. Which of Endura’s towers is noted as tallest?
(a) The Grandslayers’ Tower.
(b) The Tower of Guard.
(c) Nakatomi Plaza.
(d) The Founder’s Tower.

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

5. How old is the person upon whom Slayd preys to enact his distraction?
(a) 30.
(b) 33
(c) 32.
(d) 31.

6. How many of the Thunderhead’s cameras does Slayd need to distract to permit the assault on Scythes Curie and Anastasia to proceed?
(a) 5.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

7. 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?
(a) Chiasmus.
(b) Anaphora.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Simile.

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

9. What adage regarding interference does Curie offer after Anastasia confronts Tonists in Fulcrum City?
(a) Leave a cult to its cacophony.
(b) Don’t start none, won’t be none.
(c) Never laugh at living dragons.
(d) Let sleeping dogs lie.

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

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

12. What does Rowan note is “the unofficial motto of all Charter Regions” (247)?
(a) If you don’t like it, change.
(b) If you don’t like it, leave.
(c) If you like it, stay.
(d) If you like it, fine.

13. Who is the last Grandslayer to arrive at the inquest?
(a) Xenocrates.
(b) MacKillop.
(c) Kahlo.
(d) Nzinga.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Anastasia eat during the recess in the inquest?

2. Of what stone is the Africa Seat of Consideration made?

3. Who seconds Scythe Curie’s nomination as High Blade?

4. When meeting with Faraday in Savannah, what does Curie drink?

5. What form of address is accorded to a Grandslayer in the novel?

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