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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. Of what stone is the Antarctica Seat of Consideration made?
(a) Onyx.
(b) Sandstone.
(c) Marble.
(d) Shale and limestone.

2. What is Scythe Rand’s original name?
(a) Meagan Kong.
(b) Olivia Kwon.
(c) Grace Park.
(d) Anna May Wong.

3. In what row of the audience does Scythe Curie sit for the stage play?
(a) Eighth.
(b) Sixth.
(c) Fifth.
(d) Seventh.

4. The comment that “they may have handed me a pearl within this nasty oyster” (373) is an example of which of the following?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Anaphora.
(c) Simile.
(d) Chiasmus.

5. Who is the first Grandslayer to die after the inquest?
(a) Xenocrates.
(b) Amundsen.
(c) Nzinga.
(d) Kahlo.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what stone is the PanAsia Seat of Consideration made?

2. What does Rowan note is “the unofficial motto of all Charter Regions” (247)?

3. The Thunderhead’s remark that “This, I know, is a rabbit hole down which only darkness lies” (430) is an example of which of the following?

4. With what drink does Tyger present Rowan when the latter wakes in San Antonio?

5. Of what stone is the Australia Seat of Consideration made?

Short Essay Questions

1. What reasons does the Thunderhead give for disliking having its “backbrain” searched?

2. Consider Scythe Constantine’s comment that he will attend the scythes’ conclave “even if they have to replace [his] blood with antifreeze to make it happen” (281-82). What is implied about him by the comment, and how is it implied?

3. Briefly detail the symbolism of Scythe Anastasia turning to Scythe Cervantes for help in her procedural gambit.

4. What problems attend Scythe Anastasia seeking to meet with Rowan after the attack on her at the theater?

5. What does the Thunderhead aver that it does not know?

6. How does Xenocrates die? What occasions the death?

7. What is the primary rhetorical appeal made in Anastasia’s oration to the Grandslayers during the inquest, and why is it the primary appeal?

8. What distinction is noted between previous conclaves’ security and that of the conclave of January 7, Year of the Raptor?

9. What had been the significance of Xenocrates’s dinner parties?

10. Briefly detail the symbolism in Xenocrates’s predecessor as Grandslayer.

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