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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who explains to the waitress that they will be putting on a play?
(a) Dr. Talos.
(b) Dorcas.
(c) Severian.
(d) Badlanders.

2. What do Severian and Dorcas decide to do with the gem?
(a) Sell it to the strange man.
(b) Take it to the master of the guild.
(c) Keep it and hide it.
(d) Return it to the altar.

3. What does Master Gurloes ask Severian when he is summoned to the master's office?
(a) If he wants to be a torturer.
(b) What Thecla has told him.
(c) If he wants to be the master of the guild.
(d) For information about Drotte.

4. At the execution, how does the odd man in the crowd attempt to communicate with Severian?
(a) In Severian's native tongue.
(b) With notes written on parchment.
(c) In weird riddles.
(d) Using sign language.

5. What does Severian's challenger claim after Severian is struck with the avern?
(a) Severian's first born child.
(b) Severian's position in the guild.
(c) Severian's possessions.
(d) That it was an accident.

Short Answer Questions

1. What gift does Severian receive before leaving the guild?

2. How is Thecla treated during her imprisonment?

3. What is Dorcas unable to remember?

4. Who is hoping that Vodalus can be captured by holding and torturing Thecla?

5. What is Severian caught by as he swims with the other boys?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Severian refuse to take Agia's advice about the duel with the masked man?

2. Why does Severian put on his torturer's mask before entering the arena to duel?

3. Why do the priestesses at the holy building search Agia?

4. How does the machine that Thecla is strapped to make a person feel?

5. Who does Severian realize is Thecla's sister?

6. What vision do Severian and Dorcas see following the duel?

7. How is Severian saved from drowning in the river as he and the other apprentices return home from the graveyard?

8. In Chapter 25, why does the innkeeper make Severian pay for his meal upfront?

9. Why do Severian and the other boys sneak to the gate of the graveyard?

10. How do Severian and his challenger attack each other with the averns?

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