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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 happens to the King of Loredo?
(a) He surrenders immediately to Hannegan.
(b) He is poisoned.
(c) He is beheaded.
(d) He dies in battle.

2. What is Thon Maho Makh investigating?
(a) evolution and the origin of humanity
(b) the beginning of the solar system
(c) the effects of nuclear radiation on humanity
(d) the possible existence of a lost pocket of civilization

3. What does Joshua's data show?
(a) The fluctuations in radiation are meaningless anomalies.
(b) A new kind of non-nuclear destructive weapon is being developed.
(c) Nuclear weapons tests were likely failures.
(d) Nuclear weapons are likely being tested.

4. How does Zerchi react to Mercy Camp Number 18 being set up down the road?
(a) He orders monks to picket in protest.
(b) He plans to sabotage the camp.
(c) He talks with Cors and is convinced the camp is needed.
(d) He turns a blind eye to the camp.

5. How does Zerchi respond to news reports about the nuclear crisis?
(a) He is cautiously optimistic.
(b) He is complacent.
(c) He trusts God to save him.
(d) He is enraged.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose skull does Zerchi see as he lays dying?

2. What does the mythological Blackeneth do?

3. What does Benjamin offer Paulo to drink?

4. What does Zerchi have in his office?

5. For whom does Paulo think Benjamin is waiting?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mad Bear view Taddeo's party?

2. Why does Paulo feel like a shoemaker in a village of shoemakers?

3. What is Armbruster's attitude toward books and toward Taddeo's studies?

4. Why is Paulo opposed to euthanasia?

5. Why does the idea that mankind is a servant race created by a society of betters appeal to Taddeo?

6. What is the implication of Rachel refusing baptism?

7. What is the purpose of Quo peregrinaqtur grex?

8. What is the likely reason Taddeo does not arrive on time at the monastery?

9. What is Gault afraid is Hannegan's intention for the abbey?

10. What is the literary style of the story of the Flame Deluge read to Taddeo at the beginning of Chapter 18?

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