6. What does Tadeo offer to do after the war begins?
(a) give the monks an escapte route
(b) fight anyone who invades the abbey
(c) petition Hannegan for peace
(d) leave the abbey

7. How does Taddeo react to the stories of monks who have died or gone blind preserving the Memorabilia?
(a) He thinks the stories are false.
(b) He honors their memories.
(c) He is indifferent to their sacrifice.
(d) He wishes he could go back and save them.

8. What does Taddeo believe the monks have done?
(a) received a holy inspiration from God
(b) leapt ahead in scientific advances through intuition
(c) kept Kornhoer's invention secret for centuries
(d) performed a trick on him

9. Why does Taddeo want the measurement of how deep the wood is worn down at the entrance to the refectory?
(a) to find out the average weight of the monks over the years
(b) to have evidence of how many monks passed through over how many years
(c) to find out if there are forgotten secret passages in the abbey
(d) as evidence of how well cared for the abbey is

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

11. What does Zerchi ask Cors to do, in order to get permission to use the abbey's land?
(a) swear in writing not to recommend suicide
(b) promise to give medical aid to all refugees
(c) promise never enter the gates of the old abbey
(d) pay a fee to the church

12. What is Thon Esser Shon trying to create?
(a) antimatter
(b) living protoplasm
(c) a solar battery
(d) a black hole

13. What does Paulo do to make the Poet shut up?
(a) kicks him out of the abbey
(b) steps on his foot
(c) takes his artificial eye
(d) puts a hand oveer the Poet's mouth

14. How does Taddeo greet Paulo?
(a) with a present
(b) effusively
(c) laconically
(d) with dozens of questions

15. How long are the enemy cities bombed in the myth of the Flame Deluge?
(a) seven days and nights
(b) three days and nights
(c) nine days and nights
(d) five days and nights