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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 Dr. Talos convince a waitress that she could be?
2. Who does Severian sleep with before Agilus' execution?
3. Who does Severian think he hears outside his door just after he has become a journeyman torturer?
4. What do the boys swim across on their way back from the graveyard?
5. Who does Severian save in the cemetery?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Severian realize about the ferryman who carries him and Agia across the river to get the avern?
2. How do Severian and his challenger attack each other with the averns?
3. Why does the guild teach torturer apprentices to tend wounds?
4. Who does Severian realize is Thecla's sister?
5. In Chapter 25, why does the innkeeper make Severian pay for his meal upfront?
6. What happens to anything that touches the leaves of an avern?
7. What does Agia tell Severian he should do rather than dueling with the masked man?
8. How does the machine that Thecla is strapped to make a person feel?
9. What happened to the other men that Agilus and Agia had challenged in the same manner as Severian?
10. How is Severian saved from drowning in the river as he and the other apprentices return home from the graveyard?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe what Severian's reaction to Thecla's letter reveals about his character? Why do you think a man in his position could be somewhat naive and gullible?
Essay Topic 2
Why does Jonas say that he and Severian are monsters? What does he mean by this? Does the author intend for the reader to think of either character as a monster? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 3
How does the author portray women in Shadow & Claw? Does the way in which he describes female characters and the way the characters act show a respect for women or does it show disrespect? Do you think this feeling is that of the author or is it merely a reflection of Severian's character?
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