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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Francis try to get the illumination back?
(a) by wrestling the robber
(b) by stabbing the robber
(c) by threatening the robber with reprisals from New Rome
(d) by threatening the robber with lightning from God

2. How does Francis respond to being hit by the Abbot?
(a) He remains silent and submits to his punishment.
(b) He begs the Abbot to stop.
(c) He says, "Deo gratias!"
(d) He groans and asks for forgiveness.

3. 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.

4. How long does Francis remain a novitiate?
(a) seven years
(b) five years
(c) three years
(d) nine years

5. What reason does the Abbot give for disbelieving the story of the pilgrim?
(a) No pilgrim stopped at the abbey.
(b) He gives no reason.
(c) Another novice walking along the road saw no one.
(d) The road is blocked, so no one could have come through.

Short Answer Questions

1. For whom does Paulo think Benjamin is waiting?

2. Why does Arkos let Francis take his vows in the Albertine Order of Leibowitz?

3. What does Benjamin say the sign outside his tent means?

4. Who was Taddeo's mother?

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

(see the answer key)

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