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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the Asians claim the nuclear detonation is?
(a) a failed weapons test
(b) an illegal attack on their soil
(c) an attempt to divert a subterranean river
(d) a rocket ship that blew up on launch

2. How does Zerchi react to Mercy Camp Number 18 being set up down the road?
(a) He turns a blind eye to the camp.
(b) He orders monks to picket in protest.
(c) He talks with Cors and is convinced the camp is needed.
(d) He plans to sabotage the camp.

3. Who is with Taddeo when he arrives?
(a) a contingent of Hannegan's men and Taddeo's companions
(b) Taddeo's two dozen companions
(c) a half-dozen of Hannegan's men
(d) no one

4. What does the mythological Blackeneth do?
(a) warns the prince against hubris in starting wars
(b) provides the technology to make the Great Fire
(c) convinces the prince that it's okay to use small numbers of nuclear weapons
(d) sets off the first nuclear device

5. To whom does Paulo compare the smile on the statue of Leibowitz?
(a) Taddeo
(b) Benjamin
(c) Christ
(d) Himself

6. What does Hannegan do when the Vatican warns Hannegan's enemy about the coming war?
(a) arrests Monsignor Apollo
(b) declares war on New Rome
(c) exiles Monsignor Apollo
(d) breaks Monsignor Apollo's arms

7. Who does Zerchi take to town?
(a) Cors
(b) three of his monks
(c) Mrs. Grayles and Rachel
(d) a dying girl and her suffering baby

8. What does Paulo say Taddeo's evidence comes from?
(a) hallucinations
(b) a mistranslation
(c) a play or fictional dialog
(d) a science fiction novel of the 20th century

9. What does Rachel say to Zerchi?
(a) "Die."
(b) "Live."
(c) "Love."
(d) "Pray."

10. What does Joshua think he hears in the rose garden?
(a) a voice
(b) a bird
(c) a snake
(d) a rat

11. Wat does Taddeo accuse the monks of doing?
(a) forgetting their origins
(b) secretly organizing against Hannegan
(c) withholding knowledge from mankind
(d) trying to keep him at the abbey

12. What does Taddeo request for his journey?
(a) shoes
(b) food
(c) guards
(d) water

13. Why is Paulo fasting?
(a) because he is praying for peace
(b) because he knows the abbey is short on food
(c) because of his stomach problems
(d) because he is too worried to eat

14. What is Thon Maho Makh investigating?
(a) evolution and the origin of humanity
(b) the beginning of the solar system
(c) the effects of nuclear radiation on humanity
(d) the possible existence of a lost pocket of civilization

15. What is the Vatican's response?
(a) to begin peace talks with Hannegan
(b) to issue an interdict against Hannegan
(c) to send in Vatican forces
(d) to promise Hannegan gold to guarantee peace

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Taddeo believe the monks have done?

2. What does the statue at the mercy camp resemble?

3. What does Asian radio say about the destruction of Texarkana?

4. What does the APLAC machine do, when it works?

5. Who is Rachel?

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