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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. Who is Mrs. Grales?
(a) a mysterious holy woman who visits the abbey
(b) a villager who worships St. Leibowitz
(c) a local fortune teller
(d) a mutant two-headed woman

2. What happens to the King of Loredo?
(a) He is beheaded.
(b) He surrenders immediately to Hannegan.
(c) He dies in battle.
(d) He is poisoned.

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

4. After the war, what does Hannegan do to Apollo?
(a) exiles him
(b) enslaves him
(c) releases him
(d) executes him

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long are the enemy cities bombed in the myth of the Flame Deluge?

2. Wat does Taddeo accuse the monks of doing?

3. How does Taddeo react to the stories of monks who have died or gone blind preserving the Memorabilia?

4. What does Rachel give to Zerchi?

5. Why does Mad Bear stop raiding Hannegan?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why have nuclear weapons been banned?

3. What angers Paulo about the news of the governments' reactions to the nuclear incident?

4. Why do the Poet's jokes cause so much upset at the dinner?

5. Who is eligible for euthanasia?

6. What power does New Rome give Joshua's colony, in the event of the destruction of the Earth?

7. What is the implication of Rachel refusing baptism?

8. Why can't Cors keep his promise to Zerchi?

9. What shocks the abbot most about Kornhoer's invention?

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

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