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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the pilgrim have to eat?
(a) a biscuit and cheese
(b) a dry crust
(c) milk and bread
(d) meat and cheese

2. With what does the Abbot hit Francis?
(a) his open hand
(b) a long staff
(c) an ancient tome
(d) a hickory ruler

3. To what does Cheroki compare Francis' desire to have a vocation?
(a) a vulture's attraction to a dead beast
(b) a cat's desire to study birds
(c) a dog's desire for a bone
(d) a mouse's desire to run into a hole

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What term for the unlearned do the people of the Simplification embrace as a complimentary term?

2. In Chapter 1, what is Brother Francis Gerard of Utah doing in the desert?

3. What does Francis confess to eating?

4. Does Francis believe the strange pilgrim was supernatural?

5. What does Brother Francis find that has the name Leibowitz, I.E. on it?

(see the answer key)

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