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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. Working for Falkes de Granvill, Godric feels that he is working his own _____.

2. What is the name of the bell Godric is hired to ring?

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

4. By the reckoning of men, one half of Godric's life is an _____.

5. What does Godric say that prayer is?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Elric justify his sparse lifestyle?

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

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

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

6. What happens to Godric at the River Jordan and how does he compare it to the River Wear?

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

8. What is Godric's description of Perkin?

9. How does Perkin help Godric select his tomb?

10. 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?

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

Describe Tom Ball's lecture to Godric on doors. What do doors symbolize? Why does Tom Ball talk to Godric about doors?

Essay Topic 3

Who is Falkes de Granvill? What moral dilemma does Godric experience with Falkes de Granvill's wife, Hedwic? Why does he finally leave the service of Falkes de Granvill?

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