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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the police officer give Zerchi?
(a) an injunction to stop the protests
(b) papers for a civil court case about the protest
(c) a subpoena to testify about the mercy camp
(d) a medal for service to the refugees

2. Who steals one of the officers' drawings?
(a) Gault
(b) Paulo
(c) the Poet
(d) Kornhoer

3. How many people die in the first nine days after Texarkana is bombed?
(a) 280 million
(b) 2.8 million
(c) 280,000
(d) 28,000

4. Why doesn't Mrs. Grayles go to Father Selo for confession?
(a) Father Selo has died.
(b) Mrs. Grayles doesn't like Father Selo.
(c) One of her sins has to do with Father Selo.
(d) Mrs. Grayles is embarrassed to confess to Father Selo.

5. What does Taddeo want Kornhoer to do?
(a) come to the collegium to do research
(b) explain how the invention works
(c) give Taddeo his invention
(d) not tell anyone about the invention yet

6. What does Cors do when he breaks his promise to the abbot?
(a) confesses and promises not to lapse again
(b) tries to trick the abbot into believing someone else did it
(c) keeps it a secret
(d) confesses and offers to leave

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

8. What happens during Mrs. Grayles' confession?
(a) a missile attack
(b) the arrival of military troops
(c) the arrival of a messenger with news of peace
(d) an earthquake

9. What does Benjamin say the sign outside his tent means?
(a) "Stormy Weather Ahead"
(b) "Fortunes Told Inside"
(c) "Beware of Dogs"
(d) "Tents Mended Here"

10. 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

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

12. Who does Hannegan issue a decree condemning?
(a) Taddeo
(b) the Poet
(c) Paulo
(d) the Pope

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

14. Why does Mad Bear stop raiding Hannegan?
(a) in exchange for weapons and supplies
(b) to encourage peace and joint prosperity
(c) to plan a larger assault
(d) to stop upcoming war

15. What is Mad Bear's attitude toward Taddeo?
(a) awe
(b) hatred
(c) admiration
(d) disdain

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Zerchi do to Cors after the girl and her baby go to the mercy camp?

2. What does the Defense Minister say about reports of increased radiation levels and nuclear testing?

3. How does Taddeo react to the stories of monks who have died or gone blind preserving the Memorabilia?

4. What does Joshua think he hears in the rose garden?

5. For whom does Paulo think Benjamin is waiting?

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