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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the green man say has been integrated into his blood?
(a) Diamonds.
(b) Pond scum.
(c) Grass.
(d) Reptile blood.

3. What does Severian throw a coin into while in the House of Absolute?
(a) A bowl of water on the altar.
(b) A beggar's can.
(c) A large vase in the entry hall.
(d) A fountain.

4. What does Severian offer to help the green man do?
(a) Get revenge.
(b) Fight the people holding him captive.
(c) Return home.
(d) Escape.

5. While escaping from the prison in the House of Absolute, Severian and Jonas find a room with what in it?
(a) A pile of treasure.
(b) Weapons.
(c) Mirrors.
(d) Dead guards.

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

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

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

9. Where is the green man from?
(a) Severian's home town.
(b) Thrax.
(c) Another planet.
(d) The future.

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

11. Near the end of the book, whose screams cause Severian to turn away from the water and run back to the camp?
(a) Vodalus'.
(b) Jolenta's.
(c) Baldanders'.
(d) Dorcas'.

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

13. When does Jonas capture the beast that killed the soldier?
(a) While it is sleeping.
(b) While it is feeding.
(c) While it is feeding its young.
(d) The following morning.

14. During the final play in the book, who is supposed to scare the crowds?
(a) Baldanders.
(b) Severian.
(c) The green man.
(d) Dr. Talos.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. As Severian and Jonas travel away from Vodalus' camp, what swoops near Severian's head?

2. Where did Severian get the book that he reads to Jonas?

3. Where do Severian, Dorcas and Jolenta camp?

4. Where does Severian find the others after the people at the final play are attacked?

5. Who goes mad and attacks people during the Dr. Talos' final play?

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