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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 is Master Gurloes' position in the guild?
(a) Judge.
(b) Head of the guild.
(c) Secretary.
(d) Main torturer.

2. What are the men in the graveyard doing when Severian sees them?
(a) Grave robbing.
(b) Fighting.
(c) Exchanging weapons.
(d) Plotting to overthrow the king.

3. What is Severian given by the man he saves?
(a) A book.
(b) A sword.
(c) An evil gemstone.
(d) A gold coin.

4. After Thecla's death, what is missing from the room Severian is placed in?
(a) Windows.
(b) Locks.
(c) A door.
(d) Guards.

5. Whose office is Severian taken to after Thecla's death?
(a) Master Gurloes'.
(b) Master Palaemon's.
(c) His own.
(d) The Autarch's.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Severian in charge of for the people sent to the guild?

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

3. How does Severian travel across the river on his way to find the avern?

4. Who explains to the waitress that they will be putting on a play?

5. How is Thecla treated during her imprisonment?

Short Essay Questions

1. When will the duel occur and why must it occur at that time?

2. What does Severian realize about the ferryman who carries him and Agia across the river to get the avern?

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

4. According to Agilus, why did the masked man challenge Severian?

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

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

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

8. Why is it impossible for Master Malrubius to have been outside Severian's room after the feast?

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

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

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