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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. Who wants to leave with Dr. Talos at the end of the book, but is refused?
(a) Dorcas.
(b) Jolenta.
(c) Jonas.
(d) Baldanders.

2. What part of the animal is the liquid in the bottle gathered from?
(a) The brain.
(b) The liver.
(c) The blood.
(d) The heart.

3. Where do Severian and Jolenta go to make love?
(a) The water's edge.
(b) The portal room.
(c) The cave.
(d) A room in the House of Absolute.

4. What does Dorcas reveal she has remembered when she sees Severian at the House of Absolute?
(a) That she has a child.
(b) Bits of her past, but nothing she understands.
(c) Her age.
(d) Where to find the map.

5. What does Severian offer to help the green man do?
(a) Fight the people holding him captive.
(b) Escape.
(c) Return home.
(d) Get revenge.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the letter say Thecla did?

2. What does Vodalus order Severian to take a mouthful of at the feast?

3. What does Severian throw a coin into while in the House of Absolute?

4. Where are the wounds that Jolenta is bleeding from?

5. What concern does Jonas have about himself after he is injured?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Barnoch look half dead when Severian first sees him?

2. What do the beasts Severian encounters in the cave look like?

3. What reason does the green man give Severian for his being green?

4. What does the magic fountain show Severian when he throws a coin into it?

5. Why does Severian gain Thecla's memories and thoughts?

6. What prompts Severian to leave the cave where he was attacked by beasts?

7. What does the beautiful and frightening creature in the water tell Severian to try to get him to join her?

8. What does Dorcas tell Severian about her memories when they are reunited in the garden?

9. What does Severian remind Vodalus of when he and Jonas are brought before Vodalus?

10. Why does Dorcas cry when Severian and Jolenta return from the rivers edge?

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