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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. Why is Brother Francis reluctant to speak to the pilgrim?
(a) He has taken a vow of silence and can't remember how to talk.
(b) His throat is hoarse, and it hurts to talk.
(c) He is not allowed to speak during his fast.
(d) He's not sure if the pilgrim will attack him.

2. To what does Cheroki compare Francis' desire to have a vocation?
(a) a mouse's desire to run into a hole
(b) a cat's desire to study birds
(c) a vulture's attraction to a dead beast
(d) a dog's desire for a bone

3. Who does the Pope ask to come to New Rome?
(a) Jeris
(b) Arkos
(c) Flaught
(d) Francis

4. Who does Paulo kick out of the guesthouse?
(a) the Poet
(b) the Preacher
(c) the Bard
(d) the Pauper

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the Pope say Francis' time creating the illustrated blueprint was not wasted?

2. Cheroki's reaction to Francis' confession is ____________.

3. What is Brother Fingo's original trade?

4. When did the Age of Enlightenment end?

5. What is Francis' pet project as a copyist?

Short Essay Questions

1. Compare the robber's view of the illuminated blueprint and the original relic to Francis's.

2. What is Brother Francis seeking in the desert?

3. In what way is Brother Francis's motivation selfish?

4. Why doesn't Francis want to join the Pope's crusade?

5. What was Isaac Edward Leibowitz's profession before the Flame Deluge?

6. Why were papers burned during the Simplification?

7. Why does the Church have a Devil's Advocate?

8. What does Cheroki's disbelief in Francis's find tell the reader about the rarity of the fallout shelter and relics?

9. Describe the pilgrim.

10. Why doesn't Francis merely tell the abbot what he wants to hear?

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