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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old does the Old Jew claim to be?
(a) 329
(b) 1,219
(c) 2,309
(d) 3,209

2. Does Francis believe the strange pilgrim was supernatural?
(a) Yes, but he admits the stranger may have been an ordinary man.
(b) No, he believes the pilgrim was an ordinary man but doesn't know what happened to him.
(c) Yes, he is completely convinced the stranger was actually St. Leibowitz.
(d) No, he realizes the stranger was an ordinary man who tricked him and planned an escape through the mountains.

3. How long is the journey from the abbey to New Rome?
(a) three months
(b) three weeks
(c) three days
(d) three years

4. What does Benjamin say the sign outside his tent means?
(a) "Fortunes Told Inside"
(b) "Beware of Dogs"
(c) "Tents Mended Here"
(d) "Stormy Weather Ahead"

5. Why does the robber take the illumination instead of the original?
(a) The gold-embellished illumination appears more valuable.
(b) The robber is afraid of excommunication from New Rome if he steals the relic.
(c) The robber is religious and wants the true relic to go to Rome.
(d) The robber is afraid the Church will kill him if he steals the relic.

Short Answer Questions

1. For whom does Paulo think Benjamin is waiting?

2. What does Benjamin offer Paulo to drink?

3. What does the Old Jew, Benjamin, do when Paulo comes to return his goat?

4. How does Francis initially think blueprints were produced?

5. Where does the unwelcome guest claim to have gotten the Old Jew's goat?

(see the answer key)

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