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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What frightens the driver of Severian's carriage on his way to find the avern?
(a) Severian's eyes.
(b) The gemstone.
(c) Severian's mask.
(d) Severian's sword.

2. What is the name of the man in the shop Severian visits after breakfast with Dr. Talos and Baldanders?
(a) Agia.
(b) Agilus.
(c) Thrax.
(d) Jonas.

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

4. Who is Hethor?
(a) An executioner.
(b) Agia's brother.
(c) The odd man who stammers.
(d) Severian's grandfather.

5. What does a journeyman torturer wear as part of his uniform?
(a) A bone mask and black cloak.
(b) A red cloak.
(c) A feathered mask.
(d) A badge.

6. Who is Agia's brother?
(a) Agilus.
(b) Vodalus.
(c) Dr. Talos.
(d) Severian.

7. Who explains to Severian that the masked man has issued a challenge?
(a) Dr. Talos.
(b) Baldanders.
(c) Agia.
(d) Agilus.

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

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

10. What confuses Severian about the challenge he is issued?
(a) How to use a crossbow.
(b) Why he can't use his sword.
(c) How to make the magical bird fly.
(d) How to duel with a plant.

11. Who does Severian think he hears outside his door just after he has become a journeyman torturer?
(a) Dorcas.
(b) Vodalus.
(c) Thecla.
(d) Master Malrubius.

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

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

14. What will happen to Severian if he tries to leave the room he is placed in following Thecla's death?
(a) Nothing.
(b) He will be imprisoned for life.
(c) He will be killed.
(d) He will be blinded.

15. At the execution, how does the odd man in the crowd attempt to communicate with Severian?
(a) In Severian's native tongue.
(b) With notes written on parchment.
(c) In weird riddles.
(d) Using sign language.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Severian sleep with before Agilus' execution?

2. What do Severian and Dorcas decide to do with the gem?

3. When a new woman is brought to the guild, to which cell is she assigned?

4. What is Severian given by the man he saves?

5. What will happen to a person who is pricked by an avern?

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