2. How does Francis try to get the illumination back?
(a) by stabbing the robber
(b) by threatening the robber with lightning from God
(c) by threatening the robber with reprisals from New Rome
(d) by wrestling the robber

3. What does Brother Francis at first believe is in the hole?
(a) the remains of Blessed Leibowitz
(b) treasure
(c) an animal
(d) a scroll

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

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

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

7. What is Brother Kornhoer inventing?
(a) an electtric light
(b) a copying machine
(c) a printing press
(d) a telegraph

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

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

10. How does Francis initially think blueprints were produced?
(a) by using a chemical process to impress white lines on blue paper
(b) by filling in blue ink around the white lines
(c) by using a chemical process to impress blue ink around white lines
(d) by drawing in special white ink over blue-painted paper

11. Why does Cheroki find standing and kneeling uncomfortable?
(a) He has arthritis.
(b) He was mutated by radiation.
(c) He is used to sitting in a chair.
(d) His legs are wounded.

12. What offer does the robber finally make Francis?
(a) The robber will destroy the illumination if anyone comes after him.
(b) The robber will return the illumination for a chance to meet the Pope.
(c) The robber will let Francis away with his life if Francis promises not to persue him.
(d) The robber will return the illumination for two heklos of gold.

13. What does the Abbot do with the fallout shelter?
(a) He closes it without investigating the find.
(b) He closes is awaiting the arrival of trained archaeologists.
(c) He sends to Rome for instructions, meanwhile marking it off limits.
(d) He sends three monks to inventoy it and then closes it.

14. How long is the journey from the abbey to New Rome?
(a) three weeks
(b) three days
(c) three years
(d) three months

15. What does the Abbot do when Francis won't categorically deny any mystical significance to the stranger?
(a) refuses to allow Francis to take his vows
(b) beats Francis each day for 10 days
(c) blackmails Francis into lying about his experience
(d) throws Francis out of the abbey