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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why are the monks unwelcoming toward Monsignor Flaught?
(a) Flaught's job is to argue against the canonization of Leibowitz.
(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 has an eerie aura of the devil about him.

2. In Chapter 1, what is Brother Francis Gerard of Utah doing in the desert?
(a) searching for relics
(b) looking for pilgrims
(c) fasting
(d) running away

3. What does Flaught conclude about Francis' story?
(a) It is trivial.
(b) It is a true miracle.
(c) It is a manufactured response, made up by the monks together.
(d) It is important evidence.

4. What does Aguerra give Francis?
(a) a rosary blessed by the Pope
(b) an ancient rifle for protection
(c) the original blueprint, blessed by the Pope, to bring back to the Order
(d) gold to ransom the illustrated blueprint

5. What is Brother Fingo's original trade?
(a) woodcarver
(b) jeweler
(c) map maker
(d) horse trainer

6. What happened to Francis as a child?
(a) He ran away from his parents' home.
(b) He was kidnapped by a shaman.
(c) He had a vision of Leibowitz.
(d) He was adopted by a loving Utah couple.

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

8. How long does Francis remain a novitiate?
(a) seven years
(b) three years
(c) nine years
(d) five years

9. Cheroki's reaction to Francis' confession is ____________.
(a) encouragement
(b) anger
(c) pity
(d) sarcasm

10. What priesthood does Leibowitz join?
(a) the Cistercians
(b) the Arthurians
(c) the Albertines
(d) the Knowlenians

11. Which of the following does Flaught NOT use as an argument against Francis' testimony?
(a) Francis might have misread the word Leibowitz on the blueprint.
(b) Francis might be mistaken that the "Em" referrs to Emily Leibowitz.
(c) Francis' finds might be forged.
(d) Francis might be suffering from mental illness.

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

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

14. What do the Dominicans find in the sealed inner chamber of the Fallout Shelter?
(a) 15 skeletons
(b) a miraculously preserved body
(c) a treasure trove of electronic equipment
(d) blueprint making materials

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What confession prompts Cheroki to withhold absolution from Francis?

2. With what does the pilgrim attack Brother Francis?

3. What does the Abbot want Francis to deny?

4. What does Francis ask forgiveness for during confession?

5. What is the purpose of Francis' black eye patch?

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