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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 Joshua think he hears in the rose garden?

2. What does Tadeo offer to do after the war begins?

3. What does the APLAC machine do, when it works?

4. What does the APLAC do to Zerchi's data?

5. How does Taddeo react to the stories of monks who have died or gone blind preserving the Memorabilia?

Short Essay Questions

1. What might lead the reader to believe Benjamin's story about his age?

2. What power does New Rome give Joshua's colony, in the event of the destruction of the Earth?

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

4. Why can't Cors keep his promise to Zerchi?

5. Describe Mad Bear's political plans.

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

7. Why does Paulo feel like a shoemaker in a village of shoemakers?

8. Describe the legend of Leibowitz's death.

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

10. What is Paulo's primary concern at the onset of war?

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 the Old Jew.

Part 1) What is the Old Jew's true identity? Can you make a case for more than one possible identity? What evidence is there for his identity?

Part 2) What role does he play in the story? Why is he in all three parts of the novel?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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