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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. After Severian falls into the water on the way to get the avern, what is dragged out of the water with him?
(a) A new sword.
(b) A huge fish.
(c) A young woman.
(d) Strange seaweed.

2. What does Severian buy from Agilus?
(a) A gem.
(b) A cloak.
(c) A book.
(d) A sword.

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

4. How does the guild refer to the people who are sent there?
(a) Subjects.
(b) Dead men walking.
(c) Friends.
(d) Clients.

5. How does the guild celebrate Severian becoming a journeyman torturer?
(a) By giving him many gifts, including gold.
(b) With a feast.
(c) They do not celebrate.
(d) With an elaborate graduation ceremony.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Dorcas unable to remember?

2. How many men do Severian and the boys see in the graveyard?

3. What does Thecla give Severian?

4. Who sent the people to the guild?

5. Who is Severian's challenger?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does Thecla hope the Autarch will do?

6. What happens to Severian's wounds from the duel?

7. Why does Master Gurloes ask Severian if he wants to be a torturer?

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

9. What is Dorcas unable to do when she is pulled from the river?

10. What do Severian and the other apprentices see when they go to the graveyard?

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