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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 Francis say about the rumors surrounding his meeting of the pilgrim?

2. What is Brother Fingo's current job?

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

4. What does Francis speculate that the stain on the blueprint might be?

5. What term for the unlearned do the people of the Simplification embrace as a complimentary term?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Brother Francis seeking in the desert?

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

3. How does the Pope treat the clan chief?

4. Why were papers burned during the Simplification?

5. What did Leibowitz do after the Flame Deluge?

6. What physical characteristics to Minnesotans have, and what is the likely cause of them?

7. Describe Francis's life before the monastery.

8. Why does Arkos accuse Francis of doing damage?

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

10. Describe Francis's reaction to the news that he's to attend the canonization.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Taddeo believes that he finds evidence that the current human race was a created race of servants, inferior to the great civilization of the past. His own personal view of humanity colors how he views this evidence. Discuss the way that personal points of view affect the interpretation of evidence and events throughout the novel. Include in your discussion Francis, Cheroki, and Arkos' reactions to the discovery of the Fallout Shelter; Paulo, Taddeo, and Armbruster's reactions to the electric light; and Zerchi's reaction to reports of movements or responses from Mrs. Grales' second head, Rachel.

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Compare the technology of Kornhoer's invention with Zerchi's malfunctioning APLAC. What do these two machines say about the respective cultures that develop them? Why are they developed? How do the characters in the novel feel about the machines? How do these machines exemplify the positive and negative aspects of technology?

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