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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: 1136 - 1137.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the condition of the monastery after 2 years under the care of Prior Philip?
(a) It is self sufficient and morale is high.
(b) The monastery is dirty and unkempt.
(c) It is in dire straits.
(d) The monks are hungry and the monastery in ruins.

2. Where do Aliena and Richard find the money their father had left them?
(a) With a priest who has spent some of it
(b) With the monks in a monastery
(c) With a peasant family
(d) With a friend in Salisbury

3. What is the name of the ship that sinks after setting sail from England in 1120?
(a) The Balfour
(b) The White Ship
(c) The Queen Maud
(d) The Queen Elizabeth

4. What angers Philip about the monks right after he arrives at his new assignment?
(a) Their unfriendliness
(b) Their disheveled appearance
(c) Their disobedience and gluttony
(d) They gamble and drink

5. How does Tom get hired to make repairs on Kingsbridge Cathedral?
(a) He begs the prior for the job.
(b) Jack sets the cathedral on fire and Tom proposes a plan to the Prior for repairs.
(c) He wins a bid against another stonemason.
(d) He sets the cathedral on fire, hoping to get the job to repair it.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Jack happy about living in Kingsbridge despite Alfred's abuse?

2. What does William Hamleigh do when he finds Aliena in the earl's castle?

3. What color eyes does the person have that the prisoner stares at in the crowd?

4. How does Aliena react when a robber strikes Richard on the head, trying to steal his sword?

5. What reaction do the old women have toward the prisoner?

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