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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With what phrase do Tonists say goodbye?
(a) Hasta la vista, baby.
(b) Resonate well and true.
(c) Sing, hey, for the close of the day.
(d) May the Fork be with you.

2. How many of the attackers on the theater hail from Texas?
(a) 6.
(b) 5.
(c) 4.
(d) 7.

3. 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) Anaphora.
(b) Simile.
(c) Chiasmus.
(d) Metaphor.

4. Of what stone is the EuroScandia Seat of Consideration made?
(a) Marble.
(b) Onyx.
(c) Sandstone.
(d) Granite.

5. How many years of flight paths does Munira review with Faraday?
(a) 25.
(b) 10.
(c) 100.
(d) 50.

6. Of what stone is the Africa Seat of Consideration made?
(a) Cartouches.
(b) Jade.
(c) Marble.
(d) Granite.

7. What color of robe does Scythe Nehru wear?
(a) Golden yellow.
(b) Silvery white.
(c) Pewter-gray.
(d) Coppery brown.

8. How many apprentices are tested in poisons at the conclave?
(a) 9.
(b) 3.
(c) 6.
(d) 12.

9. To what Tonist sect does Brother McCloud belong?
(a) Lydian.
(b) Dorian.
(c) Locrian.
(d) Aeolian.

10. Who seconds Scythe Curie’s nomination as High Blade?
(a) Anastasia.
(b) Morrison.
(c) Al-Farabi.
(d) Constantine.

11. How long does the technician estimate it will take for Endura to sink?
(a) 4 minutes.
(b) 20 minutes.
(c) 12 minutes.
(d) 28 minutes.

12. What form of address is accorded to a Grandslayer in the novel?
(a) Your Highest Majesty.
(b) Your Exalted Excellency.
(c) Your Eminent Resplendence.
(d) Your Right Reverence.

13. How many were the founding scythes?
(a) 9.
(b) 7.
(c) 13.
(d) 11.

14. What line is supposed to be Anastasia’s cue (268)?
(a) “Doth not Brutus bootless kneel?”
(b) “Hence! Wilt thou lift up Olympus?”
(c) “Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears.”
(d) “Beware the Ides of March.”

15. Which of the following terms do Tonists use to describe their religious icon?
(a) Tuner.
(b) Bident.
(c) Pitch-pipe.
(d) Trident.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following scythes is the Parliamentarian at the conclave?

2. Who is the first Grandslayer to die after the inquest?

3. In what row of the audience does Scythe Curie sit for the stage play?

4. What likelihood does the Thunderhead calculate for the extinction of carbon-based life in its absence?

5. In what scene is Caesar set to die in the stage play?

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