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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is "falling sickness"?
(a) Frequent seizures.
(b) Hypochondria.
(c) Frequent fainting spells.
(d) Dizzy spells.

2. What does Father Huw offer the monks from Shrewsbury when they arrive at Gwytherin?
(a) Advice.
(b) Food and shelter.
(c) Jobs.
(d) Parcels of land.

3. When he receives the invitation from Prior Robert to work out their differences, what does Rhisiart say about threats and bribes?
(a) He truly believes the threat about St. Winifred's wrath.
(b) The amount of the bribe will need to be increased.
(c) Threats and bribes won't change his opinion.
(d) He will accept the bribe as it is offered.

4. How does Brother Cadfael persuade Abbot Heribert that he is necessary on the expedition to Gwytherin?
(a) Brother Cadfael will watch over Brother John.
(b) Brother Cadfael will be a Welsh translator.
(c) Brother Cadfael will help protect Prior Robert.
(d) Brother Cadfael will acquire herbs for medicinal use.

5. Who finds Rhisiart's dead body?
(a) Prior Robert.
(b) Engelard.
(c) Bened.
(d) Sioned.

Short Answer Questions

1. During Vespers, whom does Prior Robert warn the townspeople about as a threat to get his way?

2. What does Prior Robert do when the monks arrive in Gwytherin?

3. How long does Prior Robert tell the men to stay at St. Winifred's chapel?

4. What is Father Huw's job in Gwytherin?

5. Who has a dream about Winifred on the night Brother Columbanus suffers his "falling sickness"??

(see the answer key)

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