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

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

5. How does Zerchi respond to news reports about the nuclear crisis?
(a) He is cautiously optimistic.
(b) He is complacent.
(c) He trusts God to save him.
(d) He is enraged.

6. What does Mad Bear drink?
(a) steer's blood
(b) chicken's blood
(c) goat's blood
(d) pig's blood

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

8. How has Taddeo responded to the Memorabilia?
(a) He is amazed at the amount of lost knowledge, which will take decades to fully understand.
(b) He says that he will be able to understand it all within 5 years.
(c) He believes that most of the Memorabilia is faked and meaningless.
(d) He says too much is lost to make sense of it.

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

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

11. How does Paulo treat the Old Jew?
(a) as a heathen who must be converted
(b) as a friend
(c) fearfully
(d) as an enemy

12. What does the APLAC machine do, when it works?
(a) decodes ciphers used to send secret messages
(b) translates messages into other languages
(c) provides power to the abbey
(d) heats up food

13. Whose skull does Zerchi see as he lays dying?
(a) the Poet's
(b) Francis'
(c) the Old Jew's
(d) Emily's

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

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