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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 Padrig's occupation?

2. Because the prince has gone south and the sheriff and bailiff are tending to business while he is gone, what won't they have time to do?

3. What do the townspeople decide to do with Engelard until a law official arrives to investigate Rhisiart's death?

4. After Brother John grabs the leg of the man who chases Engelard, who is furious with Brother John?

5. Where does Prior Robert suggest they take Brother Columbanus after they witness his "falling sickness"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Father Huw's role in the discussion regarding Prior Robert's proposal?

2. Explain the warning that Padrig gives to Brother Cadfael and Brother John regarding the meeting about Prior Robert's proposal.

3. How does Brother Jerome's dream about St. Winifred affect Prior Robert?

4. What is the expectation of the Welsh people of Gwytherin regarding murder?

5. After Prior Robert hears Father Huw's news from the meeting with the heads of the parish, what does he do?

6. What are Father Huw's views on the approval of Prior Robert's proposal by Bishop David and Prince Owain and the approval of the townspeople?

7. What clues does Brother Cadfael discover at the scene where Rhisiart was murdered?

8. Contrast Brother Cadfael's approach to dealing with the townspeople with Prior Robert's approach to dealing with the townspeople.

9. What is Prior Robert's goal in acquiring a relic?

10. When Rhisiart doesn't come to the dinner meeting to work out the differences with Prior Robert, what does Prior Robert believe about him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain one of the following themes as it is developed in A Morbid Taste for Bones: A Mediaeval Whodunnit. Explain where it is present, how it is presented, and how it affects the plot and characters. Give examples from the story to explain your answer.

1) courage

2) innocence vs. wisdom

3) ambition.

Essay Topic 2

Subplots have the same story elements as the main plot of a story. Explain one subplot from A Morbid Taste for Bones: A Mediaeval Whodunnit using exposition, inciting force, central conflict, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution. Explain how the subplot is connected to the main plot of the story.

Essay Topic 3

How does the setting influence the events in the story? Give examples to explain your answer.

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