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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 Tadeo offer to do after the war begins?
(a) give the monks an escapte route
(b) fight anyone who invades the abbey
(c) leave the abbey
(d) petition Hannegan for peace

2. What does Zerchi have in his office?
(a) the wooden statue of St. Leibowitz
(b) the original Leibowitz blueprint Francis found
(c) the complete writings of Taddeo
(d) Francis's illuminated blueprint

3. What does a red tag given by the Green Star Relief Station give a person the right to do?
(a) die at a "mercy camp"
(b) go back into the closed off areas of Texarkana
(c) have shelter at the relief station
(d) get medical aid from the abbey

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

5. To whom does Paulo compare the smile on the statue of Leibowitz?
(a) Taddeo
(b) Himself
(c) Benjamin
(d) Christ

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Taddeo request for his journey?

2. How many priests does the abbey send on the mission?

3. Why doesn't Mrs. Grayles go to Father Selo for confession?

4. What does Paulo do to make the Poet shut up?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is eligible for euthanasia?

2. What is the implication of Rachel refusing baptism?

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

4. Why is the APLAC a necessary device?

5. Why have nuclear weapons been banned?

6. What is Gault afraid is Hannegan's intention for the abbey?

7. Why doesn't Taddeo want to alienate Hannegan?

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

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

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

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