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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Dorcas and Severian find in the castle?
(a) Jonas.
(b) A priestess.
(c) A dying king.
(d) Witches.

2. What does Jonas do when Severian is done reading to him?
(a) Dies.
(b) Just sits.
(c) Weeps.
(d) Begins to chant in another language.

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

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

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

6. What does Severian find in the water after being attacked in the cave?
(a) His sword.
(b) A crocodile.
(c) The Claw.
(d) A gold coin.

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

8. 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.

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

10. Who has a part in a play ready for Severian when they meet in the garden at the House of Absolute?
(a) Baldanders.
(b) Dr. Talos.
(c) Dorcas.
(d) Jolenta.

11. Who slides a letter under the door while Severian and Jonas sit talking?
(a) Thecla.
(b) Dorcas.
(c) Vodalus.
(d) The green man.

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

13. What are Severian and Jonas given when they leave Vodalus' camp?
(a) Two horses.
(b) A bottle of animal elixir.
(c) A bag of money.
(d) A map.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wants to leave with Dr. Talos at the end of the book, but is refused?

2. In the House of Absolute, what turns out to be portals to other dimensions?

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

4. Whose men capture Severian and Jonas after Severian confronts Agia?

5. Who does Severian hear as he walks toward the garden at the House of Absolute?

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