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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Chapter 7-15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Severian in the water when he tries to free himself?
(a) His friends help him out.
(b) He starts to drown.
(c) He pulls free easily.
(d) He is captured by guards.

2. What is Severian in charge of for the people sent to the guild?
(a) Their cells.
(b) Their education.
(c) Their meals.
(d) Assigning their punishments.

3. Where is Severian sent to fetch books from?
(a) The secret mausoleum.
(b) The library.
(c) The guild office.
(d) The school master.

4. What do the boys swim across on their way back from the graveyard?
(a) A lake.
(b) A magical pool.
(c) A river.
(d) A moat.

5. Whose office is Severian taken to after Thecla's death?
(a) His own.
(b) Master Palaemon's.
(c) The Autarch's.
(d) Master Gurloes'.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Severian steal from the kitchen?

2. Who sent the people to the guild?

3. What kind of apprentices are Severian and the other boys?

4. What is the guild unable to pass on its own?

5. How does the guild refer to the people who are sent there?

(see the answer key)

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