A Canticle for Leibowitz Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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A Canticle for Leibowitz Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Francis fail to complete his shelter?
(a) He cannot find the right shape rock for the last piece.
(b) He realizes that while he's been in the fallout shelter, wolves have surrounded his shelter.
(c) He cannot find enough rocks to complete the shelter.
(d) He spends too much time exploring the fallout shelter and runs out of light.

2. What does Abbot Arkos dislike about Fingo's figure of Leibowitz?
(a) its wry smile
(b) its overlarge ears
(c) its laughing eyes
(d) its overlarge belly

3. Where does the unwelcome guest claim to have gotten the Old Jew's goat?
(a) from the slaughterhouse
(b) in a game of mumbly-peg
(c) in a game of poker
(d) wandering aimlessly on the moor

4. What is Thon Taddeo Pfardentrott interested in?
(a) taking over power from Hannegan
(b) making sure his half-sister marries well
(c) avoiding the coming war
(d) studying the Leibowitzian documents of the monks

5. What does Paulo have in his office?
(a) the original Leibowitz blueprint relic
(b) five pages of indecipherable text
(c) Francis's illuminated blueprint
(d) Fingo's carving of St. Leibowitz

6. What does Francis believe is the most significant event that happened to him in the desert?
(a) meeting the old man
(b) finding the fallout shelter
(c) building a shelter for himself
(d) finding the relics of Leibowitz

7. What is the role of the Devil's Advocate?
(a) to argue for the truth of the rumors
(b) to argue against Leibowitz's sainthood
(c) to argue against Francis's priesthood
(d) to argue against continuing the word of the Order

8. What priesthood does Leibowitz join?
(a) the Knowlenians
(b) the Cistercians
(c) the Arthurians
(d) the Albertines

9. Is Leibowitz a saint at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Yes, he was recently canonized.
(b) No, he is not yet canonized.
(c) No, and the monks have given up on having him canonized.
(d) Yes, he was canonized long ago.

10. In Chapter 1, what is Brother Francis Gerard of Utah doing in the desert?
(a) running away
(b) searching for relics
(c) fasting
(d) looking for pilgrims

11. How long is the journey from the abbey to New Rome?
(a) three days
(b) three weeks
(c) three months
(d) three years

12. What does the abbot do when he finds out that Francis is planning a complex, illustrated project glorifying Leibowitz's blueprint?
(a) sends Francis back to work in the kitchen
(b) revokes Francis's vocation
(c) orders Francis to stop work on the project immediately
(d) shrugs and walk away

13. Where did Kornhoer get the information to help him create his invention?
(a) from Brother Armbruster
(b) from one hidden book he deciphered
(c) from fragments of documents in the abbey
(d) from a vision he had in his sleep

14. What decree does the Pope give Francis?
(a) a decree of honor awarding Francis a high place in his order
(b) a decree of canonization officializing the canoniation of St. Leibowitz
(c) a decree of excommunication against anyone who attacks Francis
(d) a decree of service rewarding Francis for everything he's done in honor of St. Leibowitz

15. How long does Francis remain a novitiate?
(a) three years
(b) five years
(c) seven years
(d) nine years

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Pope decide, based on the evidence?

2. What does Paulo refuse to do?

3. Does Francis believe the strange pilgrim was supernatural?

4. What does Francis ask forgiveness for during confession?

5. Why does Arkos let Francis take his vows in the Albertine Order of Leibowitz?

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