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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Master Gurloes ask Severian when he is summoned to the master's office?
2. What does Thecla ask the head of the guild for?
3. How is Thecla treated during her imprisonment?
4. How does the guild celebrate Severian becoming a journeyman torturer?
5. What is Master Gurloes' position in the guild?
Short Essay Questions
1. What reason does Master Palaemon give Severian that the guild is unable to punish or kill Severian for helping Thecla?
2. What is Dorcas unable to do when she is pulled from the river?
3. What happened to the other men that Agilus and Agia had challenged in the same manner as Severian?
4. How does the machine that Thecla is strapped to make a person feel?
5. Why isn't the guild able to pass judgement on the people who are sent there?
6. What does Severian realize about the ferryman who carries him and Agia across the river to get the avern?
7. Why does Severian hide the coin he receives from Vodalus?
8. What do Severian and the other apprentices see when they go to the graveyard?
9. Why does Severian refuse to take Agia's advice about the duel with the masked man?
10. What happens to Severian's wounds from the duel?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Why does the beautiful and frightening woman in the water thrust Severian from the water as a boy, but later invite him to join her in the water and be a king? Why didn't she simply take him with her when he was younger? Why does she want him to join her now?
Essay Topic 2
What does the graveyard scene at the beginning of the book foreshadow? How does the author use the scene to hint at events yet to come? Is this instance of foreshadowing effective? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 3
Why does the author use past tense to tell this story? What purpose does it serve? Does it add to or detract from the story? Would the story work if told in any other tense?
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