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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Paulo find in a vase of water in the guesthouse?

2. Who was Taddeo's mother?

3. What does Flaught conclude about Francis' blueprint?

4. Why does the Pope say Francis' time creating the illustrated blueprint was not wasted?

5. What does the Abbot do when Francis won't categorically deny any mystical significance to the stranger?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Arkos accuse Francis of doing damage?

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

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

4. Why is the find of Emily Leibowitz's skull important to the case for the canonization of Leibowitz?

5. Why is Arkos glad to have the Dominicans investigating Francis's find?

6. Why does the Church have a Devil's Advocate?

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

8. Describe the Valley of the Misborn.

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

10. Why were papers burned during the Simplification?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the mutations in the novel.

Part 1) How do the mutated humans in the novel stretch the definition of what it means to be human? How do they create quandaries for the Church, in defining humanity?

Part 2) How do the normal humans in the novel treat the mutants, and what does this say about humanity?

Essay Topic 2

Compare the three abbots who control the Albertine Order of Leibowitz. What are their goals and fears? How do they see their duty toward the Memorabilia, the Order, and the Church? In what different ways do they carry out those duties?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the Simplification.

Part 1) What were the people's motives for the Simplification? Are the goals of the Simplification desirable? What was lost and gained because of the Simplification?

Part 2) Were any of the actions of the Simplification justified?

Part 3) Are the goals of the Simplification realistic or possible?

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