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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 Mad Bear drink?
(a) pig's blood
(b) chicken's blood
(c) steer's blood
(d) goat's blood

2. What is the Vatican's response?
(a) to promise Hannegan gold to guarantee peace
(b) to issue an interdict against Hannegan
(c) to begin peace talks with Hannegan
(d) to send in Vatican forces

3. Who is Rachel?
(a) Mrs. Grales' second head
(b) Mrs. Grales' niece
(c) Mrs. Grales' sister
(d) Mrs. Grales' daughter

4. What does the shaman admire about the monks?
(a) how well they endure torture
(b) how delicious they taste
(c) how well they battle
(d) how craftily they avoid capture

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Taddeo want the measurement of how deep the wood is worn down at the entrance to the refectory?

2. Who does Zerchi take to town?

3. Why does Mad Bear stop raiding Hannegan?

4. What does Rachel give to Zerchi?

5. About what do Dr. Cors and Zerchi disagree?

Short Essay Questions

1. What might lead the reader to believe Benjamin's story about his age?

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

3. What is Armbruster's attitude toward books and toward Taddeo's studies?

4. Describe Mad Bear's political plans.

5. What shocks the abbot most about Kornhoer's invention?

6. Why do the Poet's jokes cause so much upset at the dinner?

7. Why can't Cors keep his promise to Zerchi?

8. What is the likely reason Taddeo does not arrive on time at the monastery?

9. Why have nuclear weapons been banned?

10. Why does the idea that mankind is a servant race created by a society of betters appeal to Taddeo?

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