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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Francis respond to being hit by the Abbot?
(a) He groans and asks for forgiveness.
(b) He remains silent and submits to his punishment.
(c) He begs the Abbot to stop.
(d) He says, "Deo gratias!"

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

3. What does Francis admit about the strange pilgrim?
(a) His words seemed drowned out, perhaps by a heavenly choir.
(b) He wrote two unintelligible marks on a rock.
(c) After he left, Francis did discover some rose petals in the dirt.
(d) His head glowed as if he might have a halo.

4. Why doesn't Francis open the racing form?
(a) The racing form is stuck together with some kind of glue.
(b) The old paper is too fragile.
(c) Francis considers the racing form holy and doesn't want to touch it.
(d) The monks believe that gambling is a sin.

5. What does Paulo find in a vase of water in the guesthouse?
(a) a daisy
(b) a rare orchid
(c) a goldfish
(d) an eyeball

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Aguerra give Francis?

2. What does Francis ask forgiveness for during confession?

3. Why does Taddeo want to look at the documents the Albertine Order of Leibowitz has?

4. With what does the Abbot hit Francis?

5. What decree does the Pope give Francis?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Abbot Paulo's health problem.

2. Why were papers burned during the Simplification?

3. How does Francis interpret the inscription "Transistorized Control System for Unit six-B"?

4. Why doesn't Francis merely tell the abbot what he wants to hear?

5. Compare the robber's view of the illuminated blueprint and the original relic to Francis's.

6. Why does the Church have a Devil's Advocate?

7. Why is the find of Emily Leibowitz's skull important to the case for the canonization of Leibowitz?

8. What stops Brother Francis from sharing the pilgrim's food?

9. What does Cheroki's disbelief in Francis's find tell the reader about the rarity of the fallout shelter and relics?

10. Why do the monks wear burlap habits?

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