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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Chapter 16-24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Severian travel across the river on his way to find the avern?
(a) He swims.
(b) By ferry.
(c) On a large serpent.
(d) On horseback.

2. What will happen to a person who is pricked by an avern?
(a) They will turn to stone.
(b) They will become blind and deaf.
(c) They will die.
(d) They will go insane.

3. What does Severian name the dog?
(a) Triskele.
(b) Tamarin.
(c) Jonas.
(d) Rex.

4. What does Master Gurloes ask Severian when he is summoned to the master's office?
(a) For information about Drotte.
(b) If he wants to be a torturer.
(c) If he wants to be the master of the guild.
(d) What Thecla has told him.

5. By what is Severian pulled from the water?
(a) By his leg.
(b) By his arm.
(c) By his waist.
(d) By his hair.

Short Answer Questions

1. What gift does Severian receive before leaving the guild?

2. What frightens the driver of Severian's carriage on his way to find the avern?

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

4. Apprentices under the age of 18 aren't allowed to have what?

5. What has Severian been challenged to do by the masked man?

(see the answer key)

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