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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. What will Severian's new position be following Thecla's death?
(a) Guild Master.
(b) Master Torturer.
(c) Executioner.
(d) He will no longer have a position.

2. Severian believes that going over the process of the execution with Agilus will help give him what?
(a) An opportunity to prepare Agia.
(b) More fear and anguish.
(c) Peace.
(d) A chance to escape.

3. Who is hoping that Vodalus can be captured by holding and torturing Thecla?
(a) Drotte.
(b) The Autarch.
(c) Master Gurloes.
(d) Severian.

4. What does the the priestess look at to determine if Severian is guilty of stealing the Claw?
(a) A crystal ball.
(b) Bones of a bird.
(c) His eyes.
(d) His hands.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do the boys intend to go when they leave the graveyard?

2. What does Severian decide to do before completing his challenge?

3. Whose office is Severian taken to after Thecla's death?

4. After the play, Severian falls asleep and dreams of whom?

5. What does Master Gurloes ask Severian when he is summoned to the master's office?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does the guild teach torturer apprentices to tend wounds?

4. What happened to the other men that Agilus and Agia had challenged in the same manner as Severian?

5. What does Severian keep from his friends about his near drowning in the river?

6. What does Severian do for Thecla that breaks a rule of the guild?

7. Why does Severian hide the coin he receives from Vodalus?

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

9. Why isn't the guild able to pass judgement on the people who are sent there?

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

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