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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. What does Paulo find in a vase of water in the guesthouse?
(a) a goldfish
(b) a daisy
(c) a rare orchid
(d) an eyeball

2. What decree does the Pope give Francis?
(a) a decree of honor awarding Francis a high place in his order
(b) a decree of excommunication against anyone who attacks Francis
(c) a decree of service rewarding Francis for everything he's done in honor of St. Leibowitz
(d) a decree of canonization officializing the canoniation of St. Leibowitz

3. What does Francis admit about the strange pilgrim?
(a) After he left, Francis did discover some rose petals in the dirt.
(b) He wrote two unintelligible marks on a rock.
(c) His head glowed as if he might have a halo.
(d) His words seemed drowned out, perhaps by a heavenly choir.

4. Why does Brother Francis only hope to find paper artifacts in the fallout shelter?
(a) Paper artifacts are most valuable because most paper has decayed.
(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) Brother Francis believes he can use carbon dating on paper artifacts to date the site.

5. What is Brother Francis building?
(a) an altar
(b) a shelter
(c) a fire pit
(d) a statue

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Brother Kornhoer inventing?

2. How long does Francis remain a novitiate?

3. In addition to being diplomatic to Taddeo, why does Apollo meet with him?

4. What does the pilgrim find for Brother Francis?

5. Why does Francis fail to complete his shelter?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Taddeo's attitude toward the clergy and the Church?

2. Describe Francis's reaction to the news that he's to attend the canonization.

3. What did Leibowitz do after the Flame Deluge?

4. Compare the robber's view of the illuminated blueprint and the original relic to Francis's.

5. Describe Brother Kornhoer's invention.

6. Describe the Poet's living conditions.

7. Why doesn't Francis want to join the Pope's crusade?

8. What is Brother Francis seeking in the desert?

9. Describe Taddeo's ideas about history.

10. Why doesn't Francis merely tell the abbot what he wants to hear?

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