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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Severian say he will meet with Agilus before he executes him?
(a) He wants to pardon Agilus.
(b) He wants to give Agilus a chance to plead his case.
(c) He wants to tell Agilus how much he hates him.
(d) Tradition demands it.

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

4. What does Severian find in his satchel following Agilus' execution?
(a) A gold coin.
(b) The Claw of the Conciliator.
(c) A letter from Agia.
(d) A green dagger.

5. What do Severian and Dorcas decide to do with the gem?
(a) Keep it and hide it.
(b) Return it to the altar.
(c) Take it to the master of the guild.
(d) Sell it to the strange man.

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

7. What is the guild forbidden to have in regards to the people sent there?
(a) Mercy.
(b) Nice rooms.
(c) Prejudice.
(d) Joy.

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

9. What is Dorcas unable to remember?
(a) Severian's name.
(b) Anything before she is dragged from the river.
(c) Her name.
(d) Her child's name.

10. Severian gives Agilus instructions to prevent what at his execution?
(a) Being sick or relieving himself.
(b) A prolonged death.
(c) Speaking.
(d) Angering the crowds.

11. Who is Severian's challenger?
(a) Agilus.
(b) Jonas.
(c) Vodalus.
(d) Agia.

12. How does the guild celebrate Severian becoming a journeyman torturer?
(a) With a feast.
(b) They do not celebrate.
(c) With an elaborate graduation ceremony.
(d) By giving him many gifts, including gold.

13. How does the guild refer to the people who are sent there?
(a) Clients.
(b) Subjects.
(c) Friends.
(d) Dead men walking.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What will Severian's new position be following Thecla's death?

2. What do the boys swim across on their way back from the graveyard?

3. What is the name of the man in the shop Severian visits after breakfast with Dr. Talos and Baldanders?

4. When Severian and Dorcas come upon Dr. Talos and Baldanders performing a play, how does Dr. Talos introduce them to the crowd?

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

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