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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does Severian find the others after the people at the final play are attacked?
(a) In the cave.
(b) In the garden.
(c) In a clearing in the woods.
(d) In prison.

3. Near the end of the book, who will be leaving with Dr. Talos?
(a) Severian.
(b) Dorcas.
(c) Jolenta.
(d) Baldanders.

4. What does Vodalus tell Severian to throw away?
(a) His executioner's axe.
(b) The letter from Thecla.
(c) The Claw.
(d) His sword.

5. Where does the green man say Agia is?
(a) Hiding in a temple.
(b) Under ground.
(c) Dead.
(d) Above ground.

6. What is Severian attacked by in the cave?
(a) Averns.
(b) A dragon.
(c) Snakes and serpents.
(d) Ape men.

7. Where does Vodalus tell Severian he can find Dorcas?
(a) Thrax.
(b) The forest.
(c) The inn.
(d) The House of Absolute.

8. When Thea meets with Severian, what information does Severian give Thea?
(a) Vodalus' whereabouts.
(b) How to get to the guild.
(c) Where to find the Claw.
(d) What happened to her sister.

9. What does Severian find in the water near the end of the book?
(a) A beautiful and frightening creature.
(b) An ancient sword.
(c) A letter from Dorcas.
(d) An emerald.

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

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

12. Whose thoughts overtake Severian while he sleeps in the prison at the House of Absolute?
(a) Jonas'.
(b) Thea's.
(c) Thecla's.
(d) Dorcas'.

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

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

15. What does Severian realize about the prison in the House of Absolute when he wakes up?
(a) There is a secret passage.
(b) He will never leave it.
(c) The cell door was never locked.
(d) The prison is a figment of his imagination.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Vodalus tell Severian to go following the feast?

2. What makes the things that attack Severian in the cave finally run in fear?

3. Who has a part in a play ready for Severian when they meet in the garden at the House of Absolute?

4. What do the things that attack Severian in the cave do when they see the Claw?

5. During the final play in the book, who is supposed to scare the crowds?

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