View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What confession prompts Cheroki to withhold absolution from Francis?
(a) Francis' temptation to eat the pilgrim's food
(b) Francis' story about finding the relics
(c) Francis' failure to finish his shelter
(d) Francis' altercation with the pilgrim

2. Where does the unwelcome guest claim to have gotten the Old Jew's goat?
(a) wandering aimlessly on the moor
(b) from the slaughterhouse
(c) in a game of poker
(d) in a game of mumbly-peg

3. What does Francis picture the fallout shelter becoming?
(a) a new capital for the country
(b) a library
(c) a basilica
(d) a new capital for the Church

4. When does Brother Francis believe the Fallout was born?
(a) in the Flame Deluge
(b) in the Great Fire
(c) at the end of time
(d) in the Firey Exculpation

5. Venerable Boedullus created a lake by _____________________________.
(a) rerouting a river
(b) digging for 50 years
(c) accidentally setting off a weapon
(d) praying for the lake to appear

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the purpose of Francis' black eye patch?

2. To what does Brother Francis attribute his finding of the fallout shelter?

3. What do the Dominicans find in the sealed inner chamber of the Fallout Shelter?

4. With what does the pilgrim attack Brother Francis?

5. Where does the Abbot send Francis?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Francis's life before the monastery.

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

3. Describe Abbot Paulo's health problem.

4. What is Brother Francis seeking in the desert?

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

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

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

8. What did Leibowitz do after the Flame Deluge?

9. What does Brother Francis need to protect himself against in the desert?

10. Describe the Valley of the Misborn.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 702 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample