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

2. Whose skull is rumored to be the skull with the gold tooth?
(a) Emily, Leibowitz's wife
(b) the Fallout monster
(c) Leibowitz
(d) Leibowitz's best friend

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

4. What term for the unlearned do the people of the Simplification embrace as a complimentary term?
(a) dunce
(b) ignoramous
(c) bonehead
(d) simpleton

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Francis admit about the strange pilgrim?

2. Why does Taddeo want the documents to be brought to him instead of going to the abbey?

3. How does the Pope enter the chamber for the canonization?

4. Why are the monks unwelcoming toward Monsignor Flaught?

5. What does the pilgrim find for Brother Francis?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Brother Francis seeking in the desert?

2. Why does Arkos accuse Francis of doing damage?

3. Why is the find of Emily Leibowitz's skull important to the case for the canonization of Leibowitz?

4. Why do the monks wear burlap habits?

5. What does Brother Francis need to protect himself against in the desert?

6. How does the Pope treat the clan chief?

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

8. Describe Francis's reaction to the news that he's to attend the canonization.

9. Describe the Poet's living conditions.

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

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