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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. How many standard sets does Bokator have?

2. What adage regarding interference does Curie offer after Anastasia confronts Tonists in Fulcrum City?

3. To which early scythe’s writings does Munira refer Faraday for information about early scythes’ personalities?

4. Which of the following scythes is the Parliamentarian at the conclave?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What rituals attend upon opening the scythes’ conclave, and why are they important?

2. How does the Thunderhead treat former world capitals, and why?

3. What does the Thunderhead aver that it does not know?

4. What are the reasons guessed at for Curie sealing Anastasia and Rowan into the Vault of Relics and Futures?

5. What is the persistent remark made by Grandslayers about their Seats of Consideration?

6. What does Rowan consider the major point of his conversations with the Thunderhead?

7. What reasons does Anastasia consider for assisting Greyson in evading Constantine?

8. How does Xenocrates die? What occasions the death?

9. What problems does Rowan identify in his attempt to escape Endura?

10. What reason does Mendoza give for darkness in Greyson’s bedroom?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Consider the following passage: “‘He didn’t go out with the garbage,’ Scythe Rand said. ‘I took care of it myself, then spread his ashes in a field of wild bluebonnets. Just saying” (306). Assuming that Rand is being truthful, what does the passage imply about her? What in the text affirms the implication? How is the implication supported?

Essay Topic 2

Greyson, in his persona as Slayd, poses the following questions (195): “Was it wrong for the Thunderhead to rehabilitate people from the inside out? Should evil people be allowed the freedom to be evil, without safety nets?” What answers does the novel give to those questions? What in the text indicates the answer? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 3

The Thunderhead remarks that “Goddard is the most recent in a long line of scythes who look up into the night sky and see not the stars, but the darkness between them” (383). What does it mean to focus on that darkness? What in the text and in experience says so, and how does it say it?

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