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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 refuse to do?

2. Which of the following does Flaught NOT use as an argument against Francis' testimony?

3. Why does Arkos let Francis take his vows in the Albertine Order of Leibowitz?

4. Venerable Boedullus created a lake by _____________________________.

5. What does Kornhoer want to remove from the alcove where Taddeo will work?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Francis's life before the monastery.

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

3. Describe Taddeo's ideas about history.

4. Why do the monks wear burlap habits?

5. Describe Brother Kornhoer's invention.

6. Why doesn't Francis want to join the Pope's crusade?

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

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

9. What does Francis realize about the Pope and the Vatican, on examining the Pope's cassock and the surroundings closely?

10. How does the Pope treat the clan chief?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the nature of knowledge in the novel.

Part 1) What do the Memorabilia represent? Why do the monks want to preserve it?

Part 2) Is knowledge good or evil or neutral? What are the consequences, positive and negative, of mankind's gaining of knowledge? How does knowledge in the novel relate to the story of the Garden of Eden and the fall of man for tasting the fruit of the tree of knowledge?

Part 3) Can knowledge be permanently lost?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Original Sin in the novel.

Part 1) Does Original Sin doom mankind to self-destruction? How does Original Sin show in mankind's actions throughout all three parts of the novel?

Part 2) How does Rachel represent a break from Original Sin?

Part 3) Does Original Sin doom mankind on colonies in space? Does the novel give any hope for overcoming Original Sin?

Essay Topic 3

Does the novel contain miracles, or is it ambiguous? Describe in your discussion possible miraculous events in the novel, including the life of the Old Jew and the actions of Rachel at the end of the novel. What are the possible natural explanations of these events? If these events are miraculous, what is their purpose and meaning, and what do they say about the nature of God?

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