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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why doesn't Dr. Talos want the crowd at the final play in the book to be frightened away?
(a) He is afraid they will be arrested.
(b) They are wealthy.
(c) They might get angry.
(d) They won't come back to another play.

2. What does one of the men who captured Severian and Jonas accidentally kill himself with?
(a) A crossbow.
(b) An avern.
(c) The Claw.
(d) Severian's sword.

3. The liquid in the bottle is made from an animal that eats what?
(a) Dragon flesh.
(b) Algae.
(c) Averns.
(d) Dead human flesh.

4. What part of the animal is the liquid in the bottle gathered from?
(a) The blood.
(b) The heart.
(c) The liver.
(d) The brain.

5. Who does Barnach say will save him?
(a) Vodalus.
(b) His wife.
(c) God.
(d) Severian.

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

7. 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.

8. Where do Severian and Jolenta go to make love?
(a) The cave.
(b) The portal room.
(c) The water's edge.
(d) A room in the House of Absolute.

9. Who goes mad and attacks people during the Dr. Talos' final play?
(a) Dr. Talos.
(b) Jolenta.
(c) Baldanders.
(d) Severian.

10. Before Vodalus was separated from Dorcas, who was following them?
(a) Hildegrin.
(b) Agia.
(c) Jonas.
(d) Drotte.

11. What does Jonas hope to find by taking one of the portals?
(a) His family.
(b) Dorcas.
(c) A way to fix himself.
(d) Wealth and happiness.

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

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

14. What do the green man's cells feed on?
(a) The sun's rays.
(b) The thoughts of others.
(c) Algae.
(d) Each other.

15. Who does Severian meet that is able to see the future?
(a) Dorcas.
(b) Dr. Talos.
(c) The green man.
(d) Jonas.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Severian place on the soldier's head that brings the soldier back to life?

2. What does Severian throw a coin into while in the House of Absolute?

3. When does Jonas capture the beast that killed the soldier?

4. What does Jonas do when Severian is done reading to him?

5. What is taking place in the town where Severian is working as an executioner?

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