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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to the man who steals sixteen eggs from Falkes de Granvill?
(a) He is sentenced to the dungeon.
(b) He is hanged.
(c) He is drawn and quartered.
(d) He is pardoned.

2. The church where Goric meets Elric is near _____.
(a) Genoa.
(b) Bishop Auckland.
(c) Bishop Lynn.
(d) Calvary.

3. What is the name of the bell Godric is hired to ring?
(a) Great Bess.
(b) Clangor.
(c) Big Ben.
(d) Old Ben.

4. When Godric gives his gold away, who does he say was as glad as he was to do so when he told Jesus that he would pay back double for his thievery?
(a) Dismas.
(b) Bacchus.
(c) Zaccheus.
(d) Gestus.

5. Who shows Godric to Burcwen's unmarked grave?
(a) Gillian.
(b) A prefect.
(c) A monk.
(d) A nun.

6. How does Godric's family arrive at his abode after their house burns down?
(a) By caravan.
(b) By ox-drawn cart.
(c) By horse-drawn carriage.
(d) By chariot.

7. Where did Jesu walk barefoot to that causes Godric to walk barefoot for the rest of his life?
(a) Gaza.
(b) Tel Aviv.
(c) Irbid.
(d) Calvary.

8. Who has chased Roger Mouse and Godric through the streets before with murder in his eye?
(a) Colin.
(b) Peregrine Small.
(c) Elric.
(d) Ailred.

9. What was the wisest thing that Godric says Henry the First ever did?
(a) Cut taxes on grain.
(b) Put Ralph Flambard in the Tower.
(c) Execute Falkes de Granvill.
(d) Pardon his own brother.

10. What does Godric say that prayer is?
(a) Solace from tyranny.
(b) Connection to God.
(c) Shooting shafts in the dark.
(d) A good way to exercise the tongue.

11. Godric built a little church of wood for ______ near the Wear.
(a) John the Baptist.
(b) Gillian.
(c) Saint Michael.
(d) Mary.

12. What sort of brigands accost Godric and his friends on the way back from Christmas mass in Durham?
(a) Spanish.
(b) Pirate.
(c) Fur trading.
(d) Scottish.

13. How many seas does Godric say he has sailed in his mind?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Seven times seven.
(c) Ten times ten.
(d) One only.

14. Which meat are the revelers supposed to be eating at Falkes de Granvill's feast?
(a) Beef.
(b) Venison.
(c) Goat.
(d) Boar.

15. Who does Godric think never bathed more chaste and fair than Burcwen?
(a) Rachel.
(b) Susanna.
(c) Edith.
(d) Sarah.

Short Answer Questions

1. Like Jacob, Godric considers his _____ to be a stone.

2. What does Godric want God to anoint so that he may be a better person for Burcwen?

3. Godric doubts that Elric has washed since _____.

4. Aedwen, in one of her sick stupors, thinks she remembers that the pilgrim Maud had an _____.

5. What does Elric thrash himself with?

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