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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 is the parting gift Burcwen gives to Godric when he leaves home?
(a) A leather bag.
(b) Some dried squirrel.
(c) A polished river rock.
(d) A whittled cross.

2. What is Hedwic's heritage?
(a) She is a peasant-born Russian.
(b) She is a Welsh pricess.
(c) She is a high-born Saxon.
(d) She is an Irish noblewoman.

3. What does Aedwen say has turned Godric's Saxon brain when he tries to tell her of the maid he sees in the woods?
(a) Yellow lettuce.
(b) Romish figs.
(c) Ventian wine.
(d) Forest mushrooms.

4. Reginald comments on Godric's great _____ as Godric protests Reginald's exaltation of him.
(a) Humilitas.
(b) Generostiy.
(c) Ego.
(d) Beauty.

5. What has Godric built that he wades up to as the Wear is surging and rolling to flood?
(a) A tree house.
(b) A storage shed.
(c) A well.
(d) A little church.

Short Answer Questions

1. Godric says his wealth piled up like _____.

2. Captain Mouse is Godric's charm against _____on the Saint Esprit.

3. What animal does Godric see in the woods on the way home from Rome?

4. With what substance does Falkes de Granvill paint his eyebrows?

5. Were doe Aedwen and Godric ship out from on their way to Rome?

Short Essay Questions

1. Whose bones are the bones of Rome, according to Godric, and why?

2. What do the snakes Tune and Fairweather provide for Godric?

3. How does Falkes de Granvill "mark" Godric when Godric agrees to go into service for him?

4. What is Godric's impression of the pope?

5. Why does Godric omit telling Burcwen, or anyone for that matter, about his encounter with Gillian?

6. As he gets older, how does Godric resist his weakening state?

7. Who is Maud and what is she like?

8. Why does Godric believe that Burcwen really loves William?

9. How does Godric describe his own supposed hermit status?

10. What does Godric say is King William Redhead's business with the people and how does Flambard help him?

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