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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. Why does the Pope say Francis' time creating the illustrated blueprint was not wasted?
(a) No time spent in labor of God is ever wasted.
(b) The illustrated blueprint is still beautiful, even though it is lost.
(c) The Pope says that Francis's time won't be wasted if the blueprint is recovered.
(d) His efforts caused the robber to take the illustrated blueprint instead of the real relic.

2. With what does the pilgrim attack Brother Francis?
(a) a knife
(b) a stone
(c) a staff
(d) a stick

3. How does Francis try to get the illumination back?
(a) by threatening the robber with reprisals from New Rome
(b) by wrestling the robber
(c) by stabbing the robber
(d) by threatening the robber with lightning from God

4. What do the Dominicans find in the sealed inner chamber of the Fallout Shelter?
(a) a treasure trove of electronic equipment
(b) a miraculously preserved body
(c) blueprint making materials
(d) 15 skeletons

5. What is the purpose of Francis' black eye patch?
(a) to stop his wandering eye from looking off the path
(b) to show that he has one eye always trained on heaven
(c) to suggest to the superstitious that he has the evil eye
(d) to keep the dust from irritating his infected eye

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Francis' pet project as a copyist?

2. Who attacks Francis on his way to Rome?

3. What does Francis see when he awakes?

4. What does Brother Francis find that lets him know the fallout shelter hasn't been plundered?

5. What does Abbot Arkos dislike about Fingo's figure of Leibowitz?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Taddeo's ideas about history.

3. Why doesn't Francis want to join the Pope's crusade?

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

5. What is Taddeo's attitude toward the clergy and the Church?

6. Why is Arkos glad to have the Dominicans investigating Francis's find?

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

8. How does the Pope treat the clan chief?

9. Describe Francis's reaction to the news that he's to attend the canonization.

10. What physical characteristics to Minnesotans have, and what is the likely cause of them?

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