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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. Why does Taddeo want Josefa to return home?
(a) He has a husband for her.
(b) He likes her cooking better than his wife's.
(c) Margalida has died.
(d) Her brothers miss her.

2. Why is Esperanca confused about Palinor?
(a) That he is not a king.
(b) That he did not go home.
(c) That he is in prison.
(d) That he has given her gold and diamonds.

3. To what fire is Fra Murta referring?
(a) The fire at the blacksmith's.
(b) The fire in the tavern.
(c) The fire that kills Palinor.
(d) The fire in the next world.

4. Why does Severo insist that Palinor has not sinned?
(a) He has followed his conscience.
(b) He has harmed no one.
(c) He is a kind and gentle man.
(d) He is a king.

5. What does Severo wish he could do?
(a) Stop believing in God.
(b) Kill Fra Murta.
(c) Go back in time and change his first decision.
(d) Save Palinor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Palinor bound with cordeles and garrotes?

2. What does Fra Murta ask Palinor three days after he is confined?

3. What does Severo hope about Fra Murta?

4. Why is Severo's dream important to him?

5. Why does Jamie's mother suggest it was a whore who birthed Amara?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens with Beneditx?

2. What does Fra Murta ask Amara and how does she respond?

3. How does Fra Murta finally get Palinor?

4. Why are the nuns upset and what does Pare Aldonza say and then suggest?

5. What does Eseranca say about Palinor?

6. What does Sor Agnete realize about the crucifix in the chapel?

7. What does Beneditx say to Palinor about his new knowledge of nonbelievers? What does Palinor say to him?

8. What does Amara do after Jamie leaves her?

9. Summarize the discussion between Severo and Fra Murta about conscience and Palinor.

10. What does Severo say to Fra Murta to explain his behavior concerning Palinor? How does the Fra feel about it?

(see the answer keys)

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