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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Francis believe is the most significant event that happened to him in the desert?
(a) finding the fallout shelter
(b) finding the relics of Leibowitz
(c) building a shelter for himself
(d) meeting the old man

2. With what does the Abbot hit Francis?
(a) his open hand
(b) an ancient tome
(c) a hickory ruler
(d) a long staff

3. What does the Abbot do when Francis won't categorically deny any mystical significance to the stranger?
(a) throws Francis out of the abbey
(b) beats Francis each day for 10 days
(c) refuses to allow Francis to take his vows
(d) blackmails Francis into lying about his experience

4. Why does Francis go to bed without food?
(a) It is too dangerous to collect cactus fruit in the dark.
(b) There is no food left for Brother Francis to eat.
(c) Brother Francis is allowed no food at all on his fast.
(d) Brother Francis decides to eat nothing to cleanse himself.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Francis say about the rumors surrounding his meeting of the pilgrim?

2. What reason does the Abbot give for disbelieving the story of the pilgrim?

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

4. What does Francis see when he awakes?

5. Does Francis believe the strange pilgrim was supernatural?

(see the answer key)

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