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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the woman charged with whom Severian will execute?
(a) Stealing coins from the church.
(b) Consorting with Vodalus.
(c) Killing her son and husband.
(d) Killing a priest.

2. What does Vodalus make Severian and Jonas swear?
(a) To leave the area and never return.
(b) They will not tell where he is hiding.
(c) An oath of loyalty.
(d) To never marry or have children.

3. What has become of Thecla's body?
(a) It was used to make Severian's drink.
(b) It was burned.
(c) It remains buried in the cemetery.
(d) It was thrown in the river.

4. What does Severian keep hidden in his boot?
(a) The Claw of the Conciliator.
(b) A dagger.
(c) A money pouch.
(d) His sword.

5. Who does Severian see in the crowd when Barnach is dragged from his home?
(a) Agia.
(b) Drotte.
(c) Vodalus.
(d) Thecla.

6. How long have some of the families been in the prison in the House of Absolute?
(a) Thirty days.
(b) Seven generations.
(c) A year.
(d) Two generations.

7. Why can't the green man go home?
(a) His planet has been destroyed.
(b) He is chained.
(c) He is crippled.
(d) He doesn't know how to get there.

8. What is Severian's reaction when he realizes why the body was stolen from the graveyard?
(a) He is relieved.
(b) He becomes sick.
(c) He can't wait to drink the liquid.
(d) He is excited.

9. What reason does Severian give for understanding if the reader no longer wishes to travel with him at the end of the book?
(a) His travels are nearly over.
(b) The road is a hard one.
(c) He wishes all readers to travel with him at once.
(d) He will die tomorrow.

10. Whose men capture Severian and Jonas after Severian confronts Agia?
(a) Dr. Talos'.
(b) The Autarch's.
(c) The priestesses'.
(d) Vodalus'.

11. What does Dorcas do when she realizes that Severian and Jonas made love?
(a) Goes away to cry.
(b) Slaps Jolenta.
(c) Tries to kill Severian.
(d) Hopes that Jolenta will conceive a child.

12. Severian and Dorcas decide that Jolenta's wounds were caused by what?
(a) Thorny branches.
(b) An animal attack.
(c) Her own hand.
(d) Angry villagers.

13. What does Dorcas reveal she has remembered when she sees Severian at the House of Absolute?
(a) Bits of her past, but nothing she understands.
(b) Where to find the map.
(c) That she has a child.
(d) Her age.

14. What does the letter say Thecla did?
(a) Married the master of the guild.
(b) Killed the green man.
(c) Faked her death.
(d) Murdered Vodalus.

15. Who does Severian find out Jolenta is after her death?
(a) The waitress from the inn.
(b) Thecla.
(c) The local priestess.
(d) His sister.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Dorcas and Severian find in the castle?

2. Who does Severian meet that is able to see the future?

3. What are Severian and Jonas given when they leave Vodalus' camp?

4. What do the green man's cells feed on?

5. Where is the green man from?

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