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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 sect are the Tonists Anastasia confronts in Fulcrum City?

2. How many years old is Endura?

3. The Thunderhead’s remark that “This, I know, is a rabbit hole down which only darkness lies” (430) is an example of which of the following?

4. Which of the following terms do Tonists use to describe their religious icon?

5. If Tonists travel in a group of 7, what do they purpose to represent?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What had been the significance of Xenocrates’s dinner parties?

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

7. What is the backup plan for the distraction at the assault on Scythes Curie and Anastasia at the theater? Why is it the backup plan (264-65)?

8. Briefly detail the symbolism of Scythe Anastasia’s inquest being scheduled for hearing on April 1.

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

It is remarked that the rebuilt Great Library of Alexandria serves as a repository for journals the scythes are required to keep throughout their lifetimes of service in “leather-bound parchment volumes” (146). What function would such journals and their repository serve within the narrative milieu? What in the text suggests as much? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 2

The Thunderhead remarks on its disembodiment, noting it as a good thing (75). Why might it be good for the Thunderhead to remain disembodied? What makes that reasoning good? What, in this context, does “good” mean?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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