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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. Why will the man will remove hand himself with a chisel?

2. Who does Dios want Teppic to marry?

3. Soon Dios brings up the subject of marriage. What does he tell Teppic that he will do?

4. Teppic's mother has been killed years ago by ______________.

5. According to Dios, the pyramid should be done in _________ months in time for Inundation.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Teppic learn about the person he had killed during the test?

2. How do the boys escape the five men?

3. What does the Pharaoh think about his ability to make the sun rise?

4. How does Teppic try to break tradition?

5. Why do Dios and Teppic begin to argue?

6. What must happen to the man whose hand was touched by Teppic? How does Teppic feel about this?

7. What does Teppic notice when Dios talks about anything?

8. What is learned about Ephebe and Tsort?

9. What information is learned about Teppic when he falls from the roof?

10. What does Teppic find as he reaches the last room of the exam? What else does he notice in the room?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Teppic resides over the supreme court.

Part 1) What power does he have as the judge at the court? Why?

Part 2) What might this say about our own supreme court and those who rule over it? What message does this send to the reader?

Part 3) What other aspects of this book reflect aspects in our own culture? Are these positive reflections of our society? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Dios wants Teppic to marry Teppic's aunt.

Part 1) Why does he want Teppic to marry his aunt? How does Teppic feel about this? Might other Pharaohs have married blood relatives? What might this explain about the Pharaohs?

Part 2) Does this occur in real life? Why or why not? Why does this belief about bloodlines exist? Do you agree? Why or why not?

Part 3) How might this marrying within the family benefit Dios?

Essay Topic 3

Teppic wants to break tradition.

Part 1) Why does he want to break tradition? How does he break tradition? What are the consequences?

Part 2) Are these consequences necessary? Why or why not? Why do these consequences take place?

Part 3) How does the power of tradition exist today in real life? What are our own consequences for breaking tradition? How is tradition important today?

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