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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Godric want God to anoint so that he may be a better person for Burcwen?
(a) His heart.
(b) His eyes.
(c) His head.
(d) His ears.

2. What does Reginald hold to Godric's lips to see if he is still alive?
(a) An onion.
(b) A cup.
(c) A mirror.
(d) A feather.

3. What color is Bishop Flambard's hair?
(a) Raven black.
(b) Flaxen blond.
(c) Flaming red.
(d) Bark brown.

4. Where does Elric live?
(a) In a hut.
(b) In a cave.
(c) In the abbey.
(d) In a lean-to.

5. How does Godric describe Elric's eyes?
(a) As slow and languid.
(b) As pools of water.
(c) As ferret sharp.
(d) As two coal-burnt onions.

6. Elric is an _____ at Wulsingham.
(a) Apostle.
(b) Alderman.
(c) Anchorite.
(d) Archduke.

7. Which port do Roger Mouse and Godric put into for a drink on their trip to Jerusalem?
(a) Izmir.
(b) Istanbul.
(c) Arsuf.
(d) Samsun.

8. Who summons Godric to Christmas mass at Durham?
(a) Bishop Flambard.
(b) Bishop Pudsey.
(c) Ailred.
(d) Reginald.

9. Aedwen, in one of her sick stupors, thinks she remembers that the pilgrim Maud had an _____.
(a) Ivory spoon.
(b) Awful singing voice.
(c) Elicit affair.
(d) Emerald brooch.

10. By the reckoning of men, one half of Godric's life is an _____.
(a) Empty box.
(b) Overrated mess.
(c) Abomination.
(d) Odd collection of events.

11. Who says, "Be fools for Christ."?
(a) Judas.
(b) Mary Magdalene.
(c) John the Baptist.
(d) The Apostle Paul.

12. What does Elric thrash himself with?
(a) Horse-tail whips.
(b) Leather straps.
(c) Sycamore saplings.
(d) Willow wands.

13. What is Hedwic doing in her chamber when Godric passes as he is leaving the service of Falkes de Granvill?
(a) Weeping.
(b) Singing.
(c) Eating.
(d) Cleaning.

14. Godric feels that he fails Christ as a _____.
(a) Son.
(b) Friend.
(c) Father.
(d) Prophet.

15. Roger Mouse tells the pilgrims on his ship in Jerusalem's harbor that if they want to swim to shore, they will probably encounter _____.
(a) Pirates.
(b) Killer whales.
(c) Sharks.
(d) Sea-serpents.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the woods around the Wear River?

2. What is the name of the school where Godric finally learns his letters?

3. What does Godric say that life is as he describes the rich and poor that he has known?

4. When Godric bathes in the River Jordan, it is as if he feels he is bathing in _____.

5. When Flambard was Lord Chancellor, it is said that all _____ slept and money ruled the land.

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