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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who gives an angry speech about Mr. Cochise, who was the creator of the awl-bone tool found at the site?
(a) Cynthia.
(b) Delia.
(c) August.
(d) Dan.

2. What have August and Dan discovered at the beginning of Act 2?
(a) A gold sceptor.
(b) A mask.
(c) A child's skeleton.
(d) A burial site.

3. What does August say has never been discovered from Mississippian Culture?
(a) The grave of a god-king.
(b) Indications of cannibalism.
(c) An altar.
(d) Signs of poetry and literature.

4. What does Delia say was in the "last box" of her novel?
(a) Her father.
(b) The truth.
(c) Another book.
(d) A lie.

5. Who does August speak to in Act 2 Part 3?
(a) Kirsten.
(b) Dianne.
(c) Cynthia.
(d) Dan.

6. Whom does Delia refer to as a hustler in Act 2?
(a) Cynthia.
(b) Chad.
(c) August.
(d) Dan.

7. What does Delia do to calm down the hysterical Jean in Act 2?
(a) She takes her outside.
(b) She makes her a drink.
(c) She calls for Cynthia.
(d) She slaps her.

8. What does August say was found in the lake in Act 2 Part 5?
(a) Dan's body.
(b) Chad's body.
(c) The god-king mask.
(d) An oar from Chad's boat.

9. What does August say about the lake in the beginning of Act 2 Part 2?
(a) It was a curse.
(b) It would not be built.
(c) It kept rising every day.
(d) It had flooded the dig site.

10. What does August say to the recorder in Act 2 Part 3 is "becoming an enemy to thought?"
(a) Aesthetics.
(b) Love.
(c) Fiction.
(d) History.

11. What is the life expectancy of the villagers where the dig is taking place?
(a) Thirty.
(b) Sixty.
(c) Fifty.
(d) Fourty.

12. What had Dan mentioned celebrating the discovery of the god-king to Jean with?
(a) A mescaline trip.
(b) A case of beer.
(c) A fishing trip.
(d) A party.

13. Which character says, "I owe him my life, he's not got anything on me?"
(a) Cynthia.
(b) August.
(c) Chad.
(d) Dan.

14. Who is found in the dark wearing the god-king mask in Act 2 Part 5?
(a) August.
(b) Delia.
(c) Dan.
(d) Chad.

15. August encounters a slide of himself in Act 2 Part 3. Where is he in the photograph?
(a) His wedding.
(b) The excavation site.
(c) A funeral.
(d) His college graduation.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is present at the opening of Act 2?

2. What is Dan painting the copper beads with to preserve them in Act 2 Part 4?

3. August states in Act 2 Part 3 to the recorder that at one time he had a doctorate in one hand and what in the other?

4. Who suggests the tribal people might have been cannibals?

5. Who reveals that the interstate won't be built to Chad?

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