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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Francis speculate that the stain on the blueprint might be?
(a) Leibowitz's tears
(b) Leibowitz's sweat
(c) Leibowitz's blood
(d) Emily's blood

2. What does Benjamin say the sign outside his tent means?
(a) "Tents Mended Here"
(b) "Beware of Dogs"
(c) "Fortunes Told Inside"
(d) "Stormy Weather Ahead"

3. How does Paulo treat the Old Jew?
(a) as an enemy
(b) as a friend
(c) fearfully
(d) as a heathen who must be converted

4. For whom does Paulo think Benjamin is waiting?
(a) Taddeo
(b) Francis
(c) Hannegan
(d) the Messiah

5. Does Francis believe the strange pilgrim was supernatural?
(a) Yes, but he admits the stranger may have been an ordinary man.
(b) Yes, he is completely convinced the stranger was actually St. Leibowitz.
(c) No, he realizes the stranger was an ordinary man who tricked him and planned an escape through the mountains.
(d) No, he believes the pilgrim was an ordinary man but doesn't know what happened to him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What reason does the Abbot give for disbelieving the story of the pilgrim?

2. Where does the Abbot send Francis?

3. Where does the unwelcome guest claim to have gotten the Old Jew's goat?

4. Why does the robber take the illumination instead of the original?

5. What does the Old Jew, Benjamin, do when Paulo comes to return his goat?

(see the answer key)

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