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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Five: Circumstances Beyond.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the novel, the word “hubris” is closest in meaning to which of the following?
(a) Sloth.
(b) Pride.
(c) Gluttony.
(d) Wrath.

2. Why does the Thunderhead avoid taking action to capture Rowan, per Xenocrates’s contact with the Thunderhead?
(a) Rowan counts as a scythe.
(b) Rowan counts as a citizen.
(c) Rowan counts as a ghost.
(d) Rowan counts on his friends.

3. Purity’s comment that “We’re gonna mark the world like animals do, and leave behind a scent that’ll never go away” (198) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Simile.
(b) Litotes.
(c) Chiasmus.
(d) Metaphor.

4. Scythe Rand’s comment about Tyger that “He’s certainly not the sharpest machete on the mantle” (245) is an example of which of the following?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Simile.
(c) Anaphora.
(d) Chiasmus.

5. Which of the following can cause a permanent death in the novel?
(a) Water.
(b) Earth.
(c) FIre.
(d) Wind.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what type of knife does Faraday wake Rowan?

2. The Thunderhead calculates what proportion of people as needing to be “supplanted”?

3. At what age does Scythe Curie propose to reset her physical self?

4. To what age does Scythe Curie suggest resetting her physical self?

5. When meeting with Faraday in Savannah, what does Curie drink?

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