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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 Death" open?

2. How many people live in the area which Krona rules?

3. Who is chosen to build the new Stonehenge?

4. When is Osmund admitted to the mason guild?

5. The Anglo Saxons are fighting an invasion by whom?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the political troubles between the king and the knights begin?

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

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

4. Why must the King of France settle a dispute in England?

5. Why does Dluc tell Krona that they must sacrifice Krona's firstborn?

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

7. What religious secret does Petrus conceal?

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

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

10. What sort of religious compromise do the farmers and hunters reach?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The novel Sarum presents several themes. Pick one of the ongoing themes of the novel and discuss how it is portrayed throughout the story.

Essay Topic 2

Of the few women that demonstrated an unusual amount of will and assertiveness, choose one and construct an argument stating that this specific character demonstrated the most bravery in the face of both public and private pressures.

Essay Topic 3

Pick one of the major themes of the novel Sarum and build an argument stating that one specific theme was the most powerful force in shaping lives over the course of the centuries.

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