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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Venerable Boedullus created a lake by _____________________________.
(a) digging for 50 years
(b) rerouting a river
(c) accidentally setting off a weapon
(d) praying for the lake to appear

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

3. What does Brother Francis find in the hole?
(a) a coffin
(b) a staircase
(c) a book
(d) a box

4. What is Brother Fingo's current job?
(a) janitor
(b) gardener
(c) cook's helper
(d) bartender

5. Why doesn't Francis open the racing form?
(a) The old paper is too fragile.
(b) The monks believe that gambling is a sin.
(c) The racing form is stuck together with some kind of glue.
(d) Francis considers the racing form holy and doesn't want to touch it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Francis see when he awakes?

2. What is Brother Fingo's original trade?

3. With what does the pilgrim attack Brother Francis?

4. Why does Francis fail to complete his shelter?

5. Is Leibowitz a saint at the beginning of the novel?

(see the answer key)

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