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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 the Pope enter the chamber for the canonization?
(a) He is carried in on a chair.
(b) He parades in, leading a contingent of guards.
(c) He appears from behind curtains.
(d) He is lowered down from the ceiling.

2. What does Francis ask forgiveness for during confession?
(a) the loss of the illuminated blueprint due to Francis's carelessness
(b) Francis's desire to have his illustrated blueprint admired
(c) the discovery of the shelter holding up Leibowitz's sainthood
(d) Francis's hubris for desiring to attend the canonization

3. What does the Abbot do when Francis won't categorically deny any mystical significance to the stranger?
(a) beats Francis each day for 10 days
(b) refuses to allow Francis to take his vows
(c) blackmails Francis into lying about his experience
(d) throws Francis out of the abbey

4. What happened to Francis as a child?
(a) He was kidnapped by a shaman.
(b) He ran away from his parents' home.
(c) He had a vision of Leibowitz.
(d) He was adopted by a loving Utah couple.

5. What does Flaught conclude about Francis' blueprint?
(a) It is a waste of effort.
(b) It shows his ability as a forger.
(c) It is a brilliant work of art.
(d) It shows his misunderstanding of 20th century blueprint processes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the Abbot send Francis?

2. How does Francis try to get the illumination back?

3. Who does the Pope ask to come to New Rome?

4. Why is Brother Francis reluctant to speak to the pilgrim?

5. Why does Taddeo want the documents to be brought to him instead of going to the abbey?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Taddeo view the modern-day common man?

3. How does the Pope treat the clan chief?

4. Describe the Poet's living conditions.

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

6. Describe Brother Kornhoer's invention.

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

8. Describe Francis's life before the monastery.

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

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

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