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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. Why must Tep leave the camp after three years?

2. Rats with fleas bring what to England?

3. Why is Caius Porteus ordered to destroy a village?

4. Where is Caius Porteus sent after he protests the policy of destroying villages?

5. What Roman Emperor decides to conquer Britain?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What sort of economic arrangement do the farmers and hunters make concerning pelts?

4. How did the practice of farming come to England?

5. How does Osmund's admission to the mason guild not go as planned.

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

7. What is the source of the disagreement between Petrus and his father early in the chapter?

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

9. Why does Port announce that he will give a gold cross to the nunnery?

10. After the plague, why do wages rise so high?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Briefly explain the most significant political upheavals mentioned in the chapter "New World."

Essay Topic 2

One of the themes of the novel Sarum might be thought of as "life goes on." Is this always the case in human history, or is there the possibility of annihilation of a people or culture? Examine the threats faced by the people of Sarum and present an argument explaining how one of those threats was the most dangerous the people faced. Which one had the greatest potential to destroy the people of Sarum or their way of life?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the structure of the novel Sarum. Is the plot progression chronological and linear, or does the presentation of the story move forward and backward in time? Are the individual chapters told in chronological order, or within single chapters are there ever instances of non-linear progression, such as flashbacks? How does the structure of the novel Sarum affect the overall story?

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