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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Chapter 1-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the guild forbidden to have in regards to the people sent there?
(a) Nice rooms.
(b) Mercy.
(c) Prejudice.
(d) Joy.

2. Who slides a letter under the door while Severian and Jonas sit talking?
(a) The green man.
(b) Thecla.
(c) Vodalus.
(d) Dorcas.

3. What makes the things that attack Severian in the cave finally run in fear?
(a) A groaning sound.
(b) The dragon.
(c) The Claw.
(d) The sight of Severian's sword.

4. What is taking place in the town where Severian is working as an executioner?
(a) A triple beheading and a festival.
(b) A religious ceremony.
(c) A serious uprising.
(d) The crowning of a new king.

5. What kind of apprentices are Severian and the other boys?
(a) Carpenter.
(b) Torturer.
(c) Executioner.
(d) Magician.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the lover of Thecla's sister?

2. What direction do the priestesses travel in after leaving the city?

3. Who explains to the waitress that they will be putting on a play?

4. What has happened to the dog that Severian finds?

5. At the beginning of Part 1, Chapter 7, who tells Severian to take the books to the end cell?

(see the answer key)

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