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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does the pilgrim have to eat?
(a) a dry crust
(b) milk and bread
(c) a biscuit and cheese
(d) meat and cheese
2. Who attacks Francis on his way to Rome?
(a) a short, normal-seeming robber and his two-headed companion
(b) two normal-seeming men who claim that they are angels
(c) two brawny, muscled men with three eyes
(d) an ugly, stocky old woman and three young girls
3. What does the abbot do when he finds out that Francis is planning a complex, illustrated project glorifying Leibowitz's blueprint?
(a) sends Francis back to work in the kitchen
(b) shrugs and walk away
(c) revokes Francis's vocation
(d) orders Francis to stop work on the project immediately
4. What happened to Francis as a child?
(a) He was adopted by a loving Utah couple.
(b) He was kidnapped by a shaman.
(c) He ran away from his parents' home.
(d) He had a vision of Leibowitz.
5. Who does Paulo kick out of the guesthouse?
(a) the Bard
(b) the Poet
(c) the Pauper
(d) the Preacher
6. What does Flaught conclude about Francis' blueprint?
(a) It is a brilliant work of art.
(b) It shows his ability as a forger.
(c) It is a waste of effort.
(d) It shows his misunderstanding of 20th century blueprint processes.
7. What does the pilgrim find for Brother Francis?
(a) a bird
(b) a stone
(c) some fruit
(d) a stick
8. Where did Kornhoer get the information to help him create his invention?
(a) from Brother Armbruster
(b) from fragments of documents in the abbey
(c) from one hidden book he deciphered
(d) from a vision he had in his sleep
9. What does Abbot Arkos dislike about Fingo's figure of Leibowitz?
(a) its wry smile
(b) its overlarge belly
(c) its laughing eyes
(d) its overlarge ears
10. In addition to being diplomatic to Taddeo, why does Apollo meet with him?
(a) He hopes to find out what Taddeo knows about Leibowitz.
(b) He hopes to persuade Taddeo to ask for the documents to be sent to him.
(c) He hopes to get political information.
(d) He hopes to ask a favor.
11. What is the result of Kornhoer's test of his invention?
(a) The invention quietly fails.
(b) The invention explodes.
(c) The invention works for a while and then quits without explanation.
(d) The invention works.
12. Why does Brother Francis only hope to find paper artifacts in the fallout shelter?
(a) Brother Francis believes he can use carbon dating on paper artifacts to date the site.
(b) Excavating for anything but paper documents has been ruled too dangerous.
(c) Brother Francis confuses all paper for the paper money used before the catastrophe.
(d) Paper artifacts are most valuable because most paper has decayed.
13. What does Paulo find in a vase of water in the guesthouse?
(a) a goldfish
(b) a daisy
(c) an eyeball
(d) a rare orchid
14. Venerable Boedullus created a lake by _____________________________.
(a) rerouting a river
(b) digging for 50 years
(c) praying for the lake to appear
(d) accidentally setting off a weapon
15. What does Kornhoer want to remove from the alcove where Taddeo will work?
(a) a statue that takes up desk space
(b) a font that blocks the chair
(c) a crucifix that blocks the light
(d) a poster that covers the window
Short Answer Questions
1. Why does Cheroki finally absolve Francis?
2. What are Bookleggers?
3. What does Brother Francis find in the hole?
4. How does the Pope enter the chamber for the canonization?
5. What would we term Taddeo's field of study today?
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