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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. What is Brother Fingo's current job?
(a) bartender
(b) gardener
(c) cook's helper
(d) janitor

2. What does Francis speculate that the stain on the blueprint might be?
(a) Leibowitz's tears
(b) Leibowitz's blood
(c) Emily's blood
(d) Leibowitz's sweat

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

4. What are Bookleggers?
(a) monks who hide books in kegs
(b) monks who hide books on their person, usually in their pants
(c) monks who memorize books word for word
(d) criminals to use books to make alcohol

5. Who does Paulo kick out of the guesthouse?
(a) the Bard
(b) the Pauper
(c) the Preacher
(d) the Poet

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Brother Francis believe Fallout is?

3. What does Brother Francis find that has the name Leibowitz, I.E. on it?

4. What does Apollo agree to do?

5. Is Leibowitz a saint at the beginning of the novel?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Francis's life before the monastery.

2. In what way is Brother Francis's motivation selfish?

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

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

5. Why are a shopping list and casual notes treasured finds for Brother Francis?

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

7. Describe Abbot Paulo's health problem.

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

9. What is the implication of the wry smile on Fingo's statue of Leibowitz?

10. What is Brother Francis seeking in the desert?

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