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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. Of what stone is the North Merica Seat of Consideration made?

2. How many unsavories are reported gleaned during the attack on the theater?

3. Anastasia’s comment that “She couldn’t let him twist in the wind on her behalf” (285) offers an example of which of the following?

4. What color tie does Scythe Constantine wear at the theater?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What distinction is noted between previous conclaves’ security and that of the conclave of January 7, Year of the Raptor?

2. Consider Scythe Constantine’s comment that he will attend the scythes’ conclave “even if they have to replace [his] blood with antifreeze to make it happen” (281-82). What is implied about him by the comment, and how is it implied?

3. Consider briefly the symbolism of the name Scythe Faraday assumes in the District of Columbia.

4. What is the primary rhetorical appeal made in Anastasia’s oration to the Grandslayers during the inquest, and why is it the primary appeal?

5. What reasons does the Thunderhead give for disliking having its “backbrain” searched?

6. What is the primary rhetorical appeal made in Goddard’s oration to the Grandslayers during the inquest, and why is it the primary appeal?

7. What reasons does Scythe Curie give for her antipathy towards Tonists (239)?

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

9. What overall form does Endura take?

10. What clues do Scythes Rand and Goddard leave to affirm what they have done to Tyger?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The Thunderhead notes that “increased wisdom and perspective on their lives” does not linger long in those who have died and been revived (87). Why might this be the case? What in the text and in experience tells you so? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 2

Consider the statement that “if we were judged by the things we most regret, no human being would be worthy to sweep the floor” (340). Does the text as a whole support that assertion or not? What in the text affirms / denies the assertion, and how does it do so?

Essay Topic 3

Consider the following exchange:

“I know the things the Tonists believe are ridiculous,” Citra said, “but I suppose to some people, there’s something compelling about them.”

“That’s what turkeys thing about the rain,” Marie pointed out. “They raise their eyes heavenward, open up their beaks, and drown.”

“Not the turkeys the Thunderhead grows,” said Citra.

Marie nodded. “My point exactly” (240).

Trace out the implications of the exchange for those who adhere to Tonism and those who do not. What is implied? What in the text suggests it? How does it do so?

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