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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When does Brother Francis believe the Fallout was born?
(a) in the Flame Deluge
(b) in the Firey Exculpation
(c) in the Great Fire
(d) at the end of time

3. 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) He gives no reason.
(d) No pilgrim stopped at the abbey.

4. To what does Brother Francis attribute his finding of the fallout shelter?
(a) a sign from God of his vocation as a monk of Leibowitz
(b) a purposeful design by the strange pilgrim
(c) a lucky accident
(d) an inevitable, predestined fate

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Venerable Boedullus created a lake by _____________________________.

2. What does Brother Francis at first believe is in the hole?

3. Why doesn't Francis open the racing form?

4. What is Brother Fingo's original trade?

5. What is Brother Francis building?

(see the answer key)

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