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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the shaman admire about the monks?
(a) how well they battle
(b) how well they endure torture
(c) how craftily they avoid capture
(d) how delicious they taste

2. What does the APLAC machine do, when it works?
(a) decodes ciphers used to send secret messages
(b) translates messages into other languages
(c) heats up food
(d) provides power to the abbey

3. Why is Zerchi late to give Mrs. Grales confession?
(a) He forgets about the appointment.
(b) He must calm down the other monks.
(c) He must make his own confession.
(d) He must post bail.

4. How long are the enemy cities bombed in the myth of the Flame Deluge?
(a) three days and nights
(b) nine days and nights
(c) seven days and nights
(d) five days and nights

5. How will the Church transport the Memorabilia?
(a) on microfilm
(b) digitally in a supercomputer
(c) in secret compartments on the spaceship
(d) as memorized by the monks going on the mission

6. What does Taddeo request for his journey?
(a) food
(b) shoes
(c) guards
(d) water

7. About what do Dr. Cors and Zerchi disagree?
(a) how deadly radiation is
(b) euthanasia
(c) abortion
(d) nuclear war

8. How does Taddeo think the monks may react to his ideas?
(a) He thinks that they will be welcoming but skeptical.
(b) He is afraid they will be offended.
(c) He thinks none of them could understand, even in simple language.
(d) He thinks they will all praise him.

9. What does the Defense Minister say about reports of increased radiation levels and nuclear testing?
(a) He says that nucear bomb tests are being conducted but that they are safe.
(b) He responds that nuclear testing is illegal.
(c) He says that the report of increased radiation is false.
(d) He says the increase is due to natural phenomena.

10. What does Zerchi ask Cors to do, in order to get permission to use the abbey's land?
(a) promise to give medical aid to all refugees
(b) swear in writing not to recommend suicide
(c) promise never enter the gates of the old abbey
(d) pay a fee to the church

11. How has Taddeo responded to the Memorabilia?
(a) He says that he will be able to understand it all within 5 years.
(b) He believes that most of the Memorabilia is faked and meaningless.
(c) He is amazed at the amount of lost knowledge, which will take decades to fully understand.
(d) He says too much is lost to make sense of it.

12. What does God do to the prince in the myth of the Flame Deluge?
(a) saves him when the prince repents
(b) slays him
(c) sentences him to walk the Earth eternally
(d) banishes him to Purgatory

13. What does Paulo say Taddeo's evidence comes from?
(a) a mistranslation
(b) a science fiction novel of the 20th century
(c) hallucinations
(d) a play or fictional dialog

14. How does Taddeo react to the stories of monks who have died or gone blind preserving the Memorabilia?
(a) He is indifferent to their sacrifice.
(b) He honors their memories.
(c) He wishes he could go back and save them.
(d) He thinks the stories are false.

15. What does the Old Jew, Benjamin, do when Paulo comes to return his goat?
(a) He takes the goat back without thanks.
(b) He refuses to take the goat back.
(c) He makes a bet with Paulo over the goat.
(d) He rewards Paulo for returning the goat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Asian radio say about the destruction of Texarkana?

2. What does Mad Bear rule?

3. What does the statue at the mercy camp resemble?

4. What does Paulo tell Kornhoer?

5. For whom does Paulo think Benjamin is waiting?

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