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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Francis' pet project as a copyist?
(a) creating illustrated panels of Leibowitz's name
(b) restoring lost words from damaged documents
(c) making an illuminated version of Leibowitz's blueprint
(d) decoding Leibowitz's memo book

2. What do the Dominicans find in the sealed inner chamber of the Fallout Shelter?
(a) 15 skeletons
(b) a treasure trove of electronic equipment
(c) blueprint making materials
(d) a miraculously preserved body

3. What does Brother Francis find that lets him know the fallout shelter hasn't been plundered?
(a) a gold tooth
(b) gold coins
(c) a ruby ring
(d) a gold necklace

4. 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) No, he realizes the stranger was an ordinary man who tricked him and planned an escape through the mountains.
(d) Yes, he is completely convinced the stranger was actually St. Leibowitz.

5. When did the Age of Enlightenment end?
(a) the 1990s
(b) the 1970s
(c) the 1960s
(d) the 1980s

Short Answer Questions

1. How much weight has Francis lost during his vigil?

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

3. Why does Brother Francis only hope to find paper artifacts in the fallout shelter?

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

5. How long does Francis remain a novitiate?

(see the answer key)

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