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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 does a red tag given by the Green Star Relief Station give a person the right to do?
(a) go back into the closed off areas of Texarkana
(b) die at a "mercy camp"
(c) have shelter at the relief station
(d) get medical aid from the abbey

2. To whom does Paulo compare the smile on the statue of Leibowitz?
(a) Himself
(b) Taddeo
(c) Christ
(d) Benjamin

3. Why does Taddeo want the measurement of how deep the wood is worn down at the entrance to the refectory?
(a) to find out the average weight of the monks over the years
(b) as evidence of how well cared for the abbey is
(c) to find out if there are forgotten secret passages in the abbey
(d) to have evidence of how many monks passed through over how many years

4. What does Paulo tell Kornhoer?
(a) Paulo congratulates Kornhoer on his success.
(b) Paulo rebukes Kornhoer for frighening everyone.
(c) Paulo tells Kornhoer the invention must be dismantled.
(d) Paulo tells Kornhoer the invention is not as impressive as he thought.

5. What does Rachel refuse from Zerchi?
(a) last rites
(b) communion
(c) baptism
(d) food and water

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Joshua think he hears in the rose garden?

2. What does Mad Bear rule?

3. What does Zerchi ask Cors to do, in order to get permission to use the abbey's land?

4. Who steals one of the officers' drawings?

5. What is the Vatican's response?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why doesn't Taddeo want to alienate Hannegan?

2. What is the purpose of Quo peregrinaqtur grex?

3. How is Zerchi required to practice what he preaches about suffering and euthanasia?

4. What is Paulo's primary concern at the onset of war?

5. What is the likely reason Taddeo does not arrive on time at the monastery?

6. Why have nuclear weapons been banned?

7. What is the implication of Rachel refusing baptism?

8. What is Gault afraid is Hannegan's intention for the abbey?

9. How does Mad Bear view Taddeo's party?

10. What is the literary style of the story of the Flame Deluge read to Taddeo at the beginning of Chapter 18?

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