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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 the man in the shop offer to purchase from Severian?
(a) His mask and cloak.
(b) His book.
(c) His sword.
(d) His magical gem.

2. What is Severian given by the man he saves?
(a) A book.
(b) A sword.
(c) An evil gemstone.
(d) A gold coin.

3. What do Severian and Dorcas decide to do with the gem?
(a) Keep it and hide it.
(b) Sell it to the strange man.
(c) Return it to the altar.
(d) Take it to the master of the guild.

4. What does Thecla know her sister will never do?
(a) Marry Severian.
(b) Return to the city.
(c) Betray Vodalus.
(d) Save her.

5. What direction do the priestesses travel in after leaving the city?
(a) West.
(b) South.
(c) North.
(d) East.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do people ask Severian to put on their handkerchiefs on the day of Agilus' execution?

2. Severian gives Agilus instructions to prevent what at his execution?

3. What does Severian realize about Dorcas after he executes Agilus?

4. Whose office is Severian taken to after Thecla's death?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Severian's wounds from the duel?

2. What vision do Severian and Dorcas see following the duel?

3. What happens to anything that touches the leaves of an avern?

4. What does Agia have Severian disguise himself as when they leave the shop to find the avern?

5. Why does the guild teach torturer apprentices to tend wounds?

6. In Chapter 25, why does the innkeeper make Severian pay for his meal upfront?

7. Why does Severian put on his torturer's mask before entering the arena to duel?

8. How is Severian saved from drowning in the river as he and the other apprentices return home from the graveyard?

9. What do Severian and the other apprentices see when they go to the graveyard?

10. What does Severian keep from his friends about his near drowning in the river?

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