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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Flambard was Lord Chancellor, it is said that all _____ slept and money ruled the land.
(a) Poverty.
(b) Justice.
(c) Piety.
(d) Brotherhood.

2. What does Godric say of his incestuous encounter with Burcwen?
(a) That he himself is now a rapist.
(b) That it has ruined his life.
(c) That it was solely Burwen's fault.
(d) That it was done out of love.

3. Like Jacob, Godric considers his _____ to be a stone.
(a) Heart.
(b) Pillow.
(c) Head.
(d) Soap.

4. Whose bones have supposedly been carted to Durham?
(a) Saint Agnes's.
(b) Cuthbert's.
(c) Peter the Great's.
(d) Caesar's.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Perkin says a tomb is like a _____ when Godric trims a slab of rock for his tombstone.

2. Godric believes that sometimes when the sea is calm, a splash, a spewing up of foam, makes clear that _____churn below.

3. Who has chased Roger Mouse and Godric through the streets before with murder in his eye?

4. Where did Jesu walk barefoot to that causes Godric to walk barefoot for the rest of his life?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Godric choose the church near Bishop Auckland to give away his fortune?

2. What does Godric say of faith, hope, and charity? Why does he say this?

3. How does Godric's family find out where he is living when their house burns down?

4. What happened fifty years before when Ranulf Flambard brought Cuthbert's bones to Durham?

5. What impression does King Baldwin have on Godric and Roger Mouse when they first meet him?

6. What are Godric's thoughts as he listens to the monks sing at Christmas mass in Durham?

7. How does Godric contemplate the decisions he has made in his life regarding the people he has known?

8. How does Godric describe the Wear River and what is its significance to him?

9. How does Godric perceive his acts in the service of Falkes de Granvill after his conversation with Hedwic?

10. How is Elric, in all his rantings and his hermit lifestyle, treated by the community that surrounds where he lives?

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