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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 does Severian steal from the kitchen?
(a) Gold coins.
(b) A knife.
(c) An axe.
(d) Food.

2. Who does Severian think he hears outside his door just after he has become a journeyman torturer?
(a) Master Malrubius.
(b) Dorcas.
(c) Vodalus.
(d) Thecla.

3. How does Severian travel across the river on his way to find the avern?
(a) On a large serpent.
(b) By ferry.
(c) On horseback.
(d) He swims.

4. What will happen to Severian if he tries to leave the room he is placed in following Thecla's death?
(a) He will be imprisoned for life.
(b) Nothing.
(c) He will be blinded.
(d) He will be killed.

5. What happens to Severian in the water when he tries to free himself?
(a) His friends help him out.
(b) He pulls free easily.
(c) He is captured by guards.
(d) He starts to drown.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Severian given by the man he saves?

2. What do Dorcas and Severian see after Agilus' execution that disappears almost as soon as they spy it?

3. What is Master Gurloes' position in the guild?

4. What does Thecla hope for while she is imprisoned?

5. Who explains to Severian that the masked man has issued a challenge?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Thecla hope the Autarch will do?

3. Why does Severian say he wants to be a torturer?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Why does Vodalus give Severian a gold coin?

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