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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Reginald believe is the meaning of the name "Aedlward"?
(a) King of the Sovereign.
(b) Humble Servant.
(c) Keeper of Blessedness.
(d) Eye of the Wise.

2. What does Brurcwen say, sarcastically, that Godric learned in Rome?
(a) Fear of God.
(b) Charity.
(c) Patience.
(d) Humility.

3. What do the monks give followers that they send to Godric for healing to prove they have been sent by the monks?
(a) A wooden coin.
(b) A rock from the Wear.
(c) A cross of plaited straw.
(d) A leather bookmark.

4. What does Cuthbert say he is to Gossip Guillemot?
(a) A bald head like an egg.
(b) A father figure.
(c) A scratching post with a heart.
(d) A tree to climb.

5. Which occupation in Godric's time worked with wax seal contracts and bargains?
(a) Counsellors.
(b) Lawyers.
(c) Notaries.
(d) Knights.

6. Ailred's cough is like _____ to Godric.
(a) Thunder claps.
(b) Raining rocks.
(c) Breaking glass.
(d) Splitting wood.

7. Legend has it that _____ drained the old Wash to plow and had buried treasure there.
(a) Alexander the Great.
(b) Caesar.
(c) Atilla the Hun.
(d) Octavian.

8. Godric sees himself as mocking his followers with his _____.
(a) Peacock heart.
(b) Horse-drawn laugh.
(c) Mirthless mind.
(d) Devil's grin.

9. Who do Roger Mouse and Godric save from infidels?
(a) A Christian king.
(b) A Roman emperor.
(c) An Egyptian queen.
(d) A sorcerer.

10. What has Falkes de Granvill's steward recently died of?
(a) Wormwood poisoning.
(b) Tuberculosis.
(c) Saint Andrew's fire.
(d) The plague.

11. What is Hedwic's heritage?
(a) She is a peasant-born Russian.
(b) She is a Welsh pricess.
(c) She is an Irish noblewoman.
(d) She is a high-born Saxon.

12. Where is Ailred made abbot for a time?
(a) Marseilles.
(b) Morceau.
(c) Rievaulx.
(d) Rouen.

13. Where did the Bastard William have himself crowned king?
(a) York.
(b) Leicester.
(c) Kent.
(d) Westminster.

14. What does Falkes de Granvill threaten Godric with "in he ever catches him cozening his lord"?
(a) Flaying.
(b) Banishment.
(c) Burning.
(d) Imrpisonment.

15. Reginald comments on Godric's great _____ as Godric protests Reginald's exaltation of him.
(a) Generostiy.
(b) Beauty.
(c) Humilitas.
(d) Ego.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Burcwen carrying when Godric is about to leave home?

2. Which Jew turns Christian in the book?

3. What is Henry Second called?

4. Were doe Aedwen and Godric ship out from on their way to Rome?

5. Where does Godric meet Gillian?

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