1) The river of fire, in ancient Greek thanatopography, feeds into the river of _____________.
2) From the river of pain spring two rivers—the river of _____________ and the river of _____________.
3) The river of _____________ runs a separate course entirely, concealed inside the Greek word for truth.
4) At the sight of sinners approaching, the _____________ seethes “like butter in a frying pan.”
5) _____________ is the Sanskrit river of ash.
6) As the sun god Ra floats down the river of the hidden chamber, his head is exchanged for that of a _____________.
7) Those for whom much lamentation is made find the _____________ swollen with tears and difficult to cross.
8) To our knowledge, the river of _____________ has no name.
XXIII
Read each question and circle the least incorrect option. Remain quietly seated when you are done.
1) The entrance to the Mayan underworld is located in _____________.
A. An underwater cave system in Bolivia
B. The dark rift in the Milky Way
C. A locked vault in the back office of the United Fruit Company
D. All of the above
2) The sun god Ra journeys toward the third hour of the night on a _____________.
A. Funeral boat
B. Serpent boat
C. One-eyed boat
D. Boat towed by jackals
3) The hero’s companion in the Epic of Gilgamesh dies of _____________.
A. Vehicle rollover
B. Friendly fire
C. Superficial spreading malignant melanoma
D. Irrelevant question
4) The first large-scale multiple choice assessment was administered by _____________.
A. The Hindu god of death
B. Jacques Derrida
C. The United States Army
D. All of the below
XI
Please limit your responses to the space-time provided below. Your answers will be evaluated for honesty, cleanliness, devotion, humility, compassion, and spelling. No talking. Ten minutes.
1) Enumerate the principal mountain ranges of the late Bronze Age Cimmerian realm of the dead.
2) Identify He Who Consumes the Excrement from His Hindquarters.
3) Briefly trace the development of data storage systems from the underworld ledger to cloud computing.
4) What is the function of repetition in disciplining the dead?
5) What is the function of repetition in disciplining the dead?
XIX
Locate the underworld figures hidden below. You may search the four cardinal directions, diagonally, and in reverse. Please, no talking. Hurry.
