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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. Who is the director of the Smithsonian?
(a) Dr. Redpath.
(b) Dr. Ripley.
(c) Dr. Gray.
(d) Dr. Stonefield.

2. What is the big unanswered question for Outland and his group regarding Cliff City?
(a) What tribe were they?
(b) Where did they cook?
(c) How did they make the pots?
(d) What happened to the people?

3. How does the Professor get out of vacationing with his daughter and son-in-law?
(a) He tells them he must work.
(b) He says he will get seasick.
(c) He does not get out of the trip.
(d) He says the memories would be too much for him.

4. What year was Outland in school when Lillian began to be jealous of him?
(a) A junior.
(b) A freshman.
(c) He had graduated.
(d) A senior.

5. Whom does the Representative from Outland's district think he should see about Cliff City?
(a) His Senator.
(b) The President.
(c) The Indian Commission.
(d) His Congressman.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Blake after he tells Outland about selling the objects from Cliff City?

2. What is Virginia Ward's advice for Outland?

3. Where had Blake bought a ticket to?

4. In his summer alone, whom does the Professor get to know again?

5. Whom is the Professor named after?

Short Essay Questions

1. When the Professor thinks about Euripides, he thinks that maybe he lived in a cave because he had observed women so closely all his life. What does the Professor mean by this?

2. As the story shifts to Tom Outland's story, who is the narrator? How does this affect the story?

3. What does Outland find in the mesa?

4. When Outland lunches with the Director at the Smithsonian, what surprises him?

5. How does Outland react when he hears that Blake has sold the ancient objects from the ruins?

6. What does Outland think about after he finds Cliff City?

7. What was the protocol for men coming in from working on the railroad? What did Rodney Blake do? How did others view his appearance?

8. What does Outland feel a scholar could do that they are unable to do?

9. What was Blake's personality like? How did this affect how others viewed him?

10. When Outland returns to the mesa after Washington, how does he see the sunset?

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