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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why are the monks unwelcoming toward Monsignor Flaught?
(a) Flaught has an eerie aura of the devil about him.
(b) Flaught is an unpreposessing person whom the monks dislike on sight.
(c) Flaught is a disbeliever who tries to force his atheism on the monks.
(d) Flaught's job is to argue against the canonization of Leibowitz.

2. Why does Francis fail to complete his shelter?
(a) He realizes that while he's been in the fallout shelter, wolves have surrounded his shelter.
(b) He cannot find enough rocks to complete the shelter.
(c) He spends too much time exploring the fallout shelter and runs out of light.
(d) He cannot find the right shape rock for the last piece.

3. Why does Taddeo want the measurement of how deep the wood is worn down at the entrance to the refectory?
(a) to have evidence of how many monks passed through over how many years
(b) to find out the average weight of the monks over the years
(c) as evidence of how well cared for the abbey is
(d) to find out if there are forgotten secret passages in the abbey

4. What confession prompts Cheroki to withhold absolution from Francis?
(a) Francis' failure to finish his shelter
(b) Francis' altercation with the pilgrim
(c) Francis' temptation to eat the pilgrim's food
(d) Francis' story about finding the relics

5. How much weight has Francis lost during his vigil?
(a) 10 pounds
(b) 40 pounds
(c) 20 pounds
(d) 30 pounds

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Brother Francis building?

2. What does Benjamin say the sign outside his tent means?

3. Who does Paulo kick out of the guesthouse?

4. What does the pilgrim have to eat?

5. How does the Pope enter the chamber for the canonization?

(see the answer key)

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