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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 confess to eating?
(a) a quail
(b) a lizard
(c) sand
(d) a squirrel

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

3. What does the abbot do when he finds out that Francis is planning a complex, illustrated project glorifying Leibowitz's blueprint?
(a) revokes Francis's vocation
(b) sends Francis back to work in the kitchen
(c) shrugs and walk away
(d) orders Francis to stop work on the project immediately

4. Is Leibowitz a saint at the beginning of the novel?
(a) No, he is not yet canonized.
(b) No, and the monks have given up on having him canonized.
(c) Yes, he was canonized long ago.
(d) Yes, he was recently canonized.

5. What is the role of the Devil's Advocate?
(a) to argue against Francis's priesthood
(b) to argue for the truth of the rumors
(c) to argue against continuing the word of the Order
(d) to argue against Leibowitz's sainthood

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to Francis as a child?

2. What do the Dominicans find in the sealed inner chamber of the Fallout Shelter?

3. What does Brother Francis find that lets him know the fallout shelter hasn't been plundered?

4. What does Francis picture the fallout shelter becoming?

5. When did the Age of Enlightenment end?

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