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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 priesthood does Leibowitz join?

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

3. What does Brother Francis find that lets him know the fallout shelter hasn't been plundered?

4. Cheroki's reaction to Francis' confession is ____________.

5. What does the pilgrim have to eat?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe the Poet's living conditions.

4. Describe the Valley of the Misborn.

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

6. How does the Pope treat the clan chief?

7. Why were papers burned during the Simplification?

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

9. Describe Taddeo's ideas about history.

10. Why doesn't Francis merely tell the abbot what he wants to hear?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare the relationship between Dr. Cors and Zerchi to the relationship between Taddeo and Paulo. Each abbot meets a man of science who has a very different perspective than his own. Describe the conflicts arising between the abbots and the scientists, and discuss each abbot's perspective on the scientist.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss leadership in the novel. What qualities make for a good leader? Discuss both political leaders and religious leaders portrayed in the book. How do their leadership styles and beliefs lead to success and failure, both personally and for the communities they lead?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the politics involved in the canonization of Leibowitz and in Hannegan's goal to expand his rule. How do politics affect the development of knowledge? How do politics affect the acceptance of ideas and discoveries?

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