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

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

3. Which field is thick with corpses from fighting between the Frankish knights and the Turks?
(a) Ramleh.
(b) Adana,
(c) Bursa.
(d) Konya.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

3. What does "Flambard" mean in Norman?

4. What is the name of Jerusalem's port where King Baldwin wishes to be taken by Roger Mouse and Godric?

5. Godric doubts that Elric has washed since _____.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the truth about Burcwen's feelings for William? What does she call him?

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

4. How does Godric forgive Aedlward for being a distant father?

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

6. Describe the cathedral at Durham.

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

8. When Reginald is writing in his book about Godric's service with Falkes de Granvill, how does he judge the noble lord as Godric tells his story? How does this reflect Reginald's belief that all men are essentially good?

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

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

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