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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 kind of apprentices are Severian and the other boys?
(a) Magician.
(b) Torturer.
(c) Executioner.
(d) Carpenter.
2. When Severian and Dorcas come upon Dr. Talos and Baldanders performing a play, how does Dr. Talos introduce them to the crowd?
(a) Our dear friends Dorcas and Severian.
(b) Mr. and Mrs. Death.
(c) Death and Innocence have arrived.
(d) Love and Anger have arrived.
3. What is in the river that Severian crosses on his way to the avern?
(a) Strange green mermaids.
(b) Many sparkling diamonds.
(c) Sea serpents.
(d) Dead people.
4. Who is naked and crying for Agilus in the prison?
(a) Thecla.
(b) Drotte.
(c) Dorcas.
(d) Agia.
5. What is Severian caught by as he swims with the other boys?
(a) A mermaid.
(b) Weeds.
(c) A fisherman's line.
(d) A sea monster.
Short Answer Questions
1. What frightens the driver of Severian's carriage on his way to find the avern?
2. When Severian wakes up following the challenge, who is sitting in the chair next to him?
3. What is Dorcas unable to remember?
4. What gift does Severian receive before leaving the guild?
5. At the beginning of the story Severian tells about his adventure as a boy. Where are Severian and the other boys?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Agia tell Severian he should do rather than dueling with the masked man?
2. Why does Vodalus give Severian a gold coin?
3. According to Agilus, why did the masked man challenge Severian?
4. Why does Severian hide the coin he receives from Vodalus?
5. Why do the priestesses at the holy building search Agia?
6. What does Agia have Severian disguise himself as when they leave the shop to find the avern?
7. What does Severian do for Thecla that breaks a rule of the guild?
8. What reason does Master Palaemon give Severian that the guild is unable to punish or kill Severian for helping Thecla?
9. Why does Master Gurloes ask Severian if he wants to be a torturer?
10. As Severian prepares to leave the city following the execution of Agilus, what does he learn about the priestesses?
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