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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who bids Godric farewell when he leaves with Falkes de Granvill?

2. Godric describes Roger Mouse as a _____.

3. What has Godric built that he wades up to as the Wear is surging and rolling to flood?

4. Godric sees himself as mocking his followers with his _____.

5. After Peregrine Small dies, what of his becomes extremely valuable that Godric sells?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Godric feel about Roger Mouse?

2. How does Tom Ball bless Godric when he leaves home?

3. What is the relationship between Burcwen and William like at first?

4. Describe Ailred's coughing as the Wear threatens to flood its banks.

5. What are Godric's memories of his father, Aedlward?

6. What happens after Godric kisses the leper?

7. Why does Godric believe that the hands of Reginald's order of monks are soft?

8. What does Godric say is King William Redhead's business with the people and how does Flambard help him?

9. As he gets older, how does Godric resist his weakening state?

10. Whose bones are the bones of Rome, according to Godric, and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What happens when Godric's family's house burns down in his absence? How do they evolve as a family together again? What tragedies befall them? Why?

Essay Topic 2

Why is Gillian so significant to Godric? How does she appear to him? What does she say to him? Does she appear to anyone else? How does Godric feel about her and why?

Essay Topic 3

Why does Reginald seek Godric's blessing in the writing of his book? What is Godric's reaction to Reginald's telling of his story?

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