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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Dorcas unable to remember?

2. Who is hoping that Vodalus can be captured by holding and torturing Thecla?

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

4. Where is Severian sent to fetch books from?

5. Who is Agia's brother?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Severian and his challenger attack each other with the averns?

2. Why does Vodalus give Severian a gold coin?

3. Why is it impossible for Master Malrubius to have been outside Severian's room after the feast?

4. What reason does Master Palaemon give Severian that the guild is unable to punish or kill Severian for helping Thecla?

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

6. As Severian prepares to leave the city following the execution of Agilus, what does he learn about the priestesses?

7. What does Agia tell Severian he should do rather than dueling with the masked man?

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

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

10. What is Dorcas unable to do when she is pulled from the river?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why is Severian in love with, or perhaps obsessed with, Agia even though she has proven herself to be unworthy of such attention? What about her seems to hold Severian's interest?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the relationship between Jonas and Severian. Why doesn't Jonas tell Severian that he is part machine? What does their friendship show about Severian's sense of loyalty?

Essay Topic 3

Why does Jonas say that he and Severian are monsters? What does he mean by this? Does the author intend for the reader to think of either character as a monster? Why or why not?

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