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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the mosaicist at the hotel in Chapter 70?
(a) Julian Castle.
(b) Marvin Sharpe Holderness.
(c) Philip Castle.
(d) Sherman Krebbs.

2. Where does Frank place the hot plate in Chapter 111?
(a) On the bookcase.
(b) On the xylophone.
(c) On the piano.
(d) On the sewer drain.

3. What causes the rockslide in Chapter 115?
(a) A UFO crashes into the castle.
(b) A plane crashes into the cliff.
(c) An earthquake.
(d) A tornado.

4. How many airplanes comprise the San Lorenzan Air Force?
(a) 16.
(b) 6.
(c) 2.
(d) 26.

5. What does Frank tell Angela she "bought" with her portion of Ice-nine in Chapter 109?
(a) "A tomcat husband."
(b) "A house in the Hamptons."
(c) "A trip to Europe."
(d) "A brief affair."

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of Chapter 102?

2. Through whom does John ascertain the Russians obtained Ice-nine?

3. What is the title of Chapter 95?

4. What is the name of the mountain range that rises abruptly to the north of the capital city of San Lorenzo?

5. What is the name of the doctor that has been frozen along with Papa Monzano?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is done with Dr. Von Koenigswald's body in Chapter 113? Why?

2. How did Dr. Felix Hoenikker die? What clues allude to how he died?

3. What is Philip Castle's implication when he asks John if he sells medicine in Chapter 70?

4. How does Julian Castle describe Bokonon's relationship to the truth in Chapter 78?

5. How does the narrator describe the morality surrounding the Hoenikker children taking the Ice-nine in Chapter 113?

6. What irony and satire can be seen in the "calypsos" of The Books of Bokonon?

7. How does the author characterize Papa Monzano when he is introduced?

8. What considerations does John have regarding Bokononism as he writes his presidential acceptance speech in Chapter 101?

9. What is remarked about history from Bokonon's writings in Chapter 113? What does this statement mean?

10. What does John spend his time doing in his last days after the destruction of Ice-nine?

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