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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. What illegal activity has Godric been pursuing?

2. Who arrives to fight Petrus and the German mercenaries?

3. At what point in time does "The Henge" open?

4. Who is appointed governor of Britannia?

5. What Roman Emperor decides to conquer Britain?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Why are so many young women sacrificed while Krona grieves over the loss of his wife and child?

8. What connection does the carved figure Nooma finds have to the past?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Religious conflicts as presented in the novel range from hunter-gatherers conflicting over worship of the sun god versus the moon god to sixteenth century English disagreeing over who should be head of the English church. Are there any religious conflicts that seem to be less about actual religious belief and more about politics?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the point of view in the novel Sarum. Does the story come from a single narrator or multiple narrators? Does the point of view remain the same throughout the novel, or does it change, and what effect does this have on the story?

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