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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. In what year does "The Foundling" open?

2. What does Thane Aelfwald announce that he will build?

3. Who is Hwll's companion?

4. To whom does Godefroi rent his sheep house?

5. Where does Nicholas go after leaving the sheep house?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are some examples of quarrels between women disturbing the peace.

2. What does Tosutigus expect from surrendering to the Romans?

3. How does the king raising taxes on Jews affect Godefroi and Shockley's loan?

4. Why is Caius Porteus labeled a traitor and sent to Sorviodunum?

5. How does the practice of tomb building begin in the region of Stonehenge?

6. Why does the marriage between Porteus and Tosutigus's daughter fail?

7. How does the river play a part in the beginning of the affair between Katesh and Tark?

8. Why does Nicholas live in the city instead of with his Aunt Agnes at the sheep house?

9. Why does Godefroi ask John of Shockley to take his wife and children away?

10. Why do both church and state government need each other at this time?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who is the author Edward Rutherfurd, and what are some of his other notable works?

Essay Topic 2

In the course of the novel various female characters represent the role of women in their respective times. Some of these characters are assertive individuals at a time when that was uncommon for women. Which female characters demonstrated unusual freedom?

Essay Topic 3

The chapter covering the mid to late sixteenth century is titled "New World." Why does the chapter have this title, and how is this a fitting title?

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