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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Severian's challenger claim after Severian is struck with the avern?
(a) Severian's possessions.
(b) Severian's first born child.
(c) Severian's position in the guild.
(d) That it was an accident.

2. Where do the boys hide when they hear a commotion?
(a) Inside an empty grave.
(b) Behind thick bushes.
(c) In a tree.
(d) Behind the tombstones.

3. Following breakfast with Dr. Talos and Baldanders, what catches Severian's attention outside of a shop?
(a) A beautiful woman.
(b) A sword with an elaborately carved hilt.
(c) An enormous man.
(d) A painting.

4. What is the guild unable to pass on its own?
(a) Safety tests.
(b) New laws.
(c) The gates of the city.
(d) Judgement.

5. What kind of apprentices are Severian and the other boys?
(a) Torturer.
(b) Magician.
(c) Carpenter.
(d) Executioner.

6. What does Thecla give Severian?
(a) Money.
(b) Information.
(c) Books.
(d) Gold coins.

7. What does the the priestess look at to determine if Severian is guilty of stealing the Claw?
(a) Bones of a bird.
(b) His eyes.
(c) A crystal ball.
(d) His hands.

8. What is the guild forbidden to have in regards to the people sent there?
(a) Joy.
(b) Mercy.
(c) Nice rooms.
(d) Prejudice.

9. Who does Severian sleep with before Agilus' execution?
(a) Dorcas.
(b) No one.
(c) Agia.
(d) Thecla.

10. At the beginning of Part 1, Chapter 7, who tells Severian to take the books to the end cell?
(a) Agia.
(b) Drotte.
(c) Triskele.
(d) Vodalus.

11. What happens to Severian in the water when he tries to free himself?
(a) He is captured by guards.
(b) He starts to drown.
(c) His friends help him out.
(d) He pulls free easily.

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

13. Who is Hildegrin?
(a) Drotte's brother.
(b) The man who challenged Severian.
(c) The ferryman.
(d) Severian's father.

14. When Severian wakes up following the challenge, who is sitting in the chair next to him?
(a) A ghost.
(b) Agilus.
(c) Agia.
(d) Dorcas.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Master Gurloes requests that Severian assist him in what?

2. What does Severian hear as he executes Agilus?

3. What does Severian realize about Dorcas after he executes Agilus?

4. Why is Agilus arrested after Severian battles his challenger?

5. What has Severian been challenged to do by the masked man?

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