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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the one word from The Fourteenth Book of Bokonon, titled "What Can a Thoughtful Man Hope for Mankind on Earth, Given the Experience of the Past Million Years"?
(a) "Nothing."
(b) "Live."
(c) "Love."
(d) "Life."

2. To what melody is the San Lorenzo National Anthem sung?
(a) "Home on the Range."
(b) "Silent Night."
(c) "O Christmas Tree."
(d) "The Star-Spangled Banner."

3. Through whom does John ascertain the Russians obtained Ice-nine?
(a) Zinka.
(b) Maria.
(c) Katana.
(d) Alexandra.

4. What catalogue is found in Papa Monzano's bomb shelter in Chapter 117?
(a) Fifty-Plus.
(b) Ambrose Wilson.
(c) Freeman's.
(d) Sears and Roebuck.

5. What is the name of the servant who greets John at Frank Hoenikker's home in Chapter 74?
(a) James.
(b) Peter.
(c) Sherman.
(d) Stanley.

6. Where did Mr. Crosby attend college?
(a) Rutgers University.
(b) Brown University.
(c) Princeton University.
(d) Cornell University.

7. In the excerpt from The Spoon River Anthology, whose hogs are stolen?
(a) Paul Carson's.
(b) Curl Trenary's.
(c) Silas Marner's.
(d) Jim Frick's.

8. Who wrote The Spoon River Anthology that the Ambassador quotes from at the celebration?
(a) Sherman Krebbs.
(b) Edgar Lee Masters.
(c) Lyman Enders Knowles.
(d) James Joyce.

9. How much was the most that Dr. Felix Hoenikker made as a yearly salary at General Forge and Foundry?
(a) $45,000.
(b) $19,000.
(c) $64,000.
(d) $28,000.

10. In Chapter 120, the narrator recalls an advertisement for a set of children's books. What was the title of this set?
(a) The Book of Knowledge.
(b) The Scheherazade.
(c) The Book of Truth.
(d) The Book of the Dragon.

11. What Bokononist word means "lies"?
(a) "Kan-kan."
(b) "Sin-wat."
(c) "Foma."
(d) "Stuppa."

12. How many people died at Julian Castle's hospital in ten days after the plague outbreak, according to his son in Chapter 73?
(a) 900.
(b) 500.
(c) 1,400.
(d) 2,500.

13. What is the title of Chapter 58?
(a) "Tyranny with a Difference."
(b) "Just Like Saint Augustine."
(c) "A Tentative Tangling of Tendrils."
(d) "The Marines March On."

14. What word means to acquiesce to the seeming demands of one's "vin-dit"?
(a) "Wampeter."
(b) "Vin-dit."
(c) "Sin-wat."
(d) "Saroon."

15. Where did Newt Hoenikker create a "love nest" with his bride after they had wed?
(a) The Bahamas.
(b) Jamaica.
(c) Cape Cod.
(d) San Lorenzo.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many taxicabs are there on the island of San Lorenzo?

2. What is the name of the mosaicist at the hotel in Chapter 70?

3. How many people depart the plane in San Lorenzo, including the narrator, in Chapter 62?

4. What does Frank tell Angela she "bought" with her portion of Ice-nine in Chapter 109?

5. What is the title of Chapter 64?

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