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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 does Taddeo want Kornhoer to do?
(a) explain how the invention works
(b) give Taddeo his invention
(c) come to the collegium to do research
(d) not tell anyone about the invention yet

2. How does Taddeo greet Paulo?
(a) with a present
(b) effusively
(c) with dozens of questions
(d) laconically

3. Who enters the dining hall at the end of Chapter 20 to see Taddeo?
(a) the Pope
(b) the Old Jew
(c) a messenger from Hannegan
(d) the Poet

4. What happens during Mrs. Grayles' confession?
(a) the arrival of a messenger with news of peace
(b) the arrival of military troops
(c) a missile attack
(d) an earthquake

5. Who steals one of the officers' drawings?
(a) Paulo
(b) the Poet
(c) Kornhoer
(d) Gault

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Hannegan issue a decree condemning?

2. What does the shaman admire about the monks?

3. What do the Asians claim the nuclear detonation is?

4. How many people die in the first nine days after Texarkana is bombed?

5. To whom does Paulo compare the smile on the statue of Leibowitz?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Paulo opposed to euthanasia?

2. Why is the APLAC a necessary device?

3. How is Zerchi required to practice what he preaches about suffering and euthanasia?

4. What is Paulo's primary concern at the onset of war?

5. What is the literary style of the story of the Flame Deluge read to Taddeo at the beginning of Chapter 18?

6. What power does New Rome give Joshua's colony, in the event of the destruction of the Earth?

7. What is the implication of Rachel refusing baptism?

8. How does Mad Bear view Taddeo's party?

9. What makes Paulo lose hope that Taddeo might be able to intervene to prevent the upcoming war?

10. Why have nuclear weapons been banned?

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