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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 Severian hear as he executes Agilus?
(a) Pure silence.
(b) An eagle's cry.
(c) A strange man yelling.
(d) Agia screaming.

2. What does a journeyman torturer wear as part of his uniform?
(a) A red cloak.
(b) A badge.
(c) A feathered mask.
(d) A bone mask and black cloak.

3. Why does Severian say he will meet with Agilus before he executes him?
(a) He wants to give Agilus a chance to plead his case.
(b) Tradition demands it.
(c) He wants to pardon Agilus.
(d) He wants to tell Agilus how much he hates him.

4. What do Severian and Dorcas decide to do with the gem?
(a) Take it to the master of the guild.
(b) Sell it to the strange man.
(c) Keep it and hide it.
(d) Return it to the altar.

5. Master Gurloes requests that Severian assist him in what?
(a) Catching Vodalus.
(b) Thecla's punishment.
(c) Choosing punishments.
(d) Teaching the apprentices.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Severian, Dorcas and Agia are returning from gathering the avern, where do they stop to eat?

2. Who is Agia's brother?

3. Who explains to Severian that the masked man has issued a challenge?

4. What confuses Severian about the challenge he is issued?

5. When a new woman is brought to the guild, to which cell is she assigned?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why isn't the guild able to pass judgement on the people who are sent there?

2. What does Severian do for Thecla that breaks a rule of the guild?

3. Why does the guild teach torturer apprentices to tend wounds?

4. What does Thecla hope the Autarch will do?

5. What happened to the other men that Agilus and Agia had challenged in the same manner as Severian?

6. According to Agilus, why did the masked man challenge Severian?

7. What do Severian and the other apprentices see when they go to the graveyard?

8. How do Severian and his challenger attack each other with the averns?

9. Why does Vodalus give Severian a gold coin?

10. Why does Severian put on his torturer's mask before entering the arena to duel?

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