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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 detail did Brother Cadfael overlook regarding St. Winifred's coffin when the brothers come to carry it?
2. What brings Brother John and Annest together?
3. Who interrupts Bened while he is telling of what is occurring at St. Winifred's former grave?
4. How does Prior Robert feel when he hears Bened's story of what is happening at St. Winifred's former grave?
5. How does Sioned plan to make her marriage to Engelard a reality?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why should anyone who knows about Brother Cadfael's plan to handle St. Winifred's remains and Brother Columbanus' body not speak of it until the brothers have left Gwytherin?
2. How does Brother Cadfael explain miracles?
3. What is Annest's concern about Brother John and how is her concern dealt with?
4. How does Prior Robert deal with Brother Cadfael's plan to trap Rhisiart's murderer while the vigil is held at St. Winifred's grave?
5. Contrast Brother Cadfael's thoughts about St. Winifred and Prince Cradoc with those of the community regarding St. Winifred and Prince Cradoc.
6. What is the dilemma faced by Brother Cadfael regarding Brother Columbanus being found guilty or not guilty of murdering Rhisiart?
7. What are the results when Sioned strays from the plan to test Brother Columbanus to see if he killed Rhisiart?
8. What does Brother Cadfael believe about St. Winifred when Sioned tells him why she deviated from the plan to get Brother Columbanus to confess to her father's murder?
9. Contrast Brother Cadfael's opinion of women with the medieval opinion of women, as represented by Father Huw.
10. What news does Bened relay to Brother Cadfael during Bened's pilgrimage to Walsingham?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Several components of quality literature include:
1) a use of descriptive word
2) a use of analogies, metaphors, and similes
3) an attention-grabbing beginning
4) details
5) an appeal to the five senses.
Is A Morbid Taste for Bones: A Mediaeval Whodunnit an example of quality literature? Why or why not? Give examples from the story using three of the five components of quality literature to explain your answer.
Essay Topic 2
Although A Morbid Taste for Bones: A Mediaeval Whodunnit takes place in the 12th century, there are topics described in the story that are still relevant today. Describe a conflict, theme, or issue from A Morbid Taste for Bones: A Mediaeval Whodunnit that is common to all people. Give examples from the story and current events to support your answer.
Essay Topic 3
In Chapter 6, Brother Cadfael explains to Bened, "There are holy persons outside orders as ever there are in, and not to trifle with truth, as good men out of the Christian church as most I've met within it."
In Chapter 9, Brother Cadfael explains to Father Huw, ". . . both men and women partake of the same human nature, Huw. We both bleed when we're wounded."
Explain the meaning of Brother Cadfael's statements. In what situations in the story did Brother Cadfael make these statements? What do these statements tell us about Brother Cadfael? What is the importance of these statements to the plot?
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