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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 the name of the school where Godric finally learns his letters?

2. What is the name of the bell Godric is hired to ring?

3. When Godric gives his gold away, who does he say was as glad as he was to do so when he told Jesus that he would pay back double for his thievery?

4. How does Reginald say Burcwen died?

5. Perkin says a tomb is like a _____ when Godric trims a slab of rock for his tombstone.

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Godric as he passes through the Durham gate on his way to Bishop Pudsey's Christmas mass?

2. How does Godric forgive Aedlward for being a distant father?

3. Describe the antics of the choirboys at the church where Godric works.

4. How does Godric describe the Wear River and what is its significance to him?

5. How does Godric perceive his acts in the service of Falkes de Granvill after his conversation with Hedwic?

6. What are Godric's thoughts as he listens to the monks sing at Christmas mass in Durham?

7. Why does Godric choose the church near Bishop Auckland to give away his fortune?

8. How is Elric, in all his rantings and his hermit lifestyle, treated by the community that surrounds where he lives?

9. What happened fifty years before when Ranulf Flambard brought Cuthbert's bones to Durham?

10. How does Godric's family find out where he is living when their house burns down?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Godric hear the "cries of the poor"? How are the cries sometimes drowned out? Why does Godric feel this way about the poor?

Essay Topic 2

How is Godric received when he finally goes back home? How long has he been gone? What has changed? How does Burcwen feel about him? About his brother William? Why?

Essay Topic 3

Why does Aedwen insist that Godric go to Rome with her? Why does Godric go? What happens when they get to Rome?

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