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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Francis speculate that the stain on the blueprint might be?
(a) Leibowitz's blood
(b) Leibowitz's sweat
(c) Leibowitz's tears
(d) Emily's blood

2. What does Abbot Arkos dislike about Fingo's figure of Leibowitz?
(a) its overlarge ears
(b) its laughing eyes
(c) its wry smile
(d) its overlarge belly

3. What is Francis' pet project as a copyist?
(a) decoding Leibowitz's memo book
(b) restoring lost words from damaged documents
(c) creating illustrated panels of Leibowitz's name
(d) making an illuminated version of Leibowitz's blueprint

4. What does Francis picture the fallout shelter becoming?
(a) a library
(b) a basilica
(c) a new capital for the Church
(d) a new capital for the country

5. With what does the Abbot hit Francis?
(a) a hickory ruler
(b) a long staff
(c) his open hand
(d) an ancient tome

Short Answer Questions

1. Is Leibowitz a saint at the beginning of the novel?

2. What does the Abbot do when Francis won't categorically deny any mystical significance to the stranger?

3. Why does Francis fail to complete his shelter?

4. To what does Brother Francis attribute his finding of the fallout shelter?

5. What does Francis admit about the strange pilgrim?

(see the answer key)

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