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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What orders does Severian find on Master Gurloes' table?
(a) Orders to torture and execute Thecla.
(b) Orders to torture and execute Vodalus.
(c) Order to torture Severian.
(d) Orders to send Severian away from the guild.

2. What has happened to the dog that Severian finds?
(a) It has been shot.
(b) It has been tortured.
(c) It has been dyed a different color.
(d) It is lost.

3. After the play, Severian falls asleep and dreams of whom?
(a) The waitress.
(b) Master Gurloes.
(c) Master Malrubius and Triskele.
(d) Dorcas.

4. Who sent the people to the guild?
(a) The courts.
(b) The magicians.
(c) Their families.
(d) The priests.

5. When a new woman is brought to the guild, to which cell is she assigned?
(a) Next to Thecla's.
(b) As far from Thecla's cell as possible.
(c) The same cell as Thecla.
(d) Near Severian's rooms.

6. Severian believes that going over the process of the execution with Agilus will help give him what?
(a) More fear and anguish.
(b) A chance to escape.
(c) An opportunity to prepare Agia.
(d) Peace.

7. Who does Severian sleep with before Agilus' execution?
(a) Agia.
(b) No one.
(c) Dorcas.
(d) Thecla.

8. What does the the priestess look at to determine if Severian is guilty of stealing the Claw?
(a) His hands.
(b) A crystal ball.
(c) His eyes.
(d) Bones of a bird.

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

10. Who is naked and crying for Agilus in the prison?
(a) Thecla.
(b) Agia.
(c) Drotte.
(d) Dorcas.

11. What are the men in the graveyard doing when Severian sees them?
(a) Fighting.
(b) Exchanging weapons.
(c) Plotting to overthrow the king.
(d) Grave robbing.

12. What does Dr. Talos convince a waitress that she could be?
(a) A talented doctor.
(b) His wife.
(c) A great scholar.
(d) Beautiful.

13. What does the masked man give Severian in the shop?
(a) A small piece of metal.
(b) A gem.
(c) A secret book.
(d) A smooth stone.

14. How many men do Severian and the boys see in the graveyard?
(a) Five.
(b) One.
(c) Seven.
(d) Two.

15. What gift does Severian receive before leaving the guild?
(a) A bag of gold coins.
(b) A sword.
(c) A gem.
(d) A crossbow.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who explains to Severian that the masked man has issued a challenge?

2. At the beginning of Part 1, Chapter 7, who tells Severian to take the books to the end cell?

3. What does Severian name the dog?

4. Who does Severian save in the cemetery?

5. By what is Severian pulled from the water?

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