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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the Abbot send Francis?
(a) to the infirmary
(b) back to his vigil in a new location
(c) back to the ruins
(d) to his room to meditate on his sins

2. What does Brother Francis believe Fallout is?
(a) radiation
(b) a saint
(c) a monster
(d) a weather system

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

4. What does Francis picture the fallout shelter becoming?
(a) a basilica
(b) a new capital for the Church
(c) a library
(d) a new capital for the country

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the pilgrim have to eat?

2. Why does Cheroki finally absolve Francis?

3. Why does Cheroki find standing and kneeling uncomfortable?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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