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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Chapter 25-35.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is naked and crying for Agilus in the prison?
(a) Drotte.
(b) Dorcas.
(c) Agia.
(d) Thecla.

2. What will happen to a person who is pricked by an avern?
(a) They will become blind and deaf.
(b) They will turn to stone.
(c) They will die.
(d) They will go insane.

3. After breakfast, what does Severian go to find when he leaves Dr. Talos?
(a) A magical gem.
(b) Suitable clothes.
(c) New actors.
(d) A script for a play.

4. Who does Severian think he hears outside his door just after he has become a journeyman torturer?
(a) Dorcas.
(b) Thecla.
(c) Master Malrubius.
(d) Vodalus.

5. What is the water like that the boys swim in on the way back from the graveyard?
(a) Pristine.
(b) Clear green and full of algae.
(c) Muddy.
(d) Very warm and bubbly.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the beginning of the story Severian tells about his adventure as a boy. Where are Severian and the other boys?

2. Severian believes that going over the process of the execution with Agilus will help give him what?

3. Whose office is Severian taken to after Thecla's death?

4. How does the guild refer to the people who are sent there?

5. Severian gives Agilus instructions to prevent what at his execution?

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