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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. Whom does Petrus want to hire to defend Sarum?

2. When did the Normans conquer England?

3. In whose favor does the French king rule?

4. What two tribes revolt against the Romans in 60 A.D.?

5. How does Krona's bride die?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What connection do rats and fleas have to the Black Death?

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

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

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

7. What religious secret does Petrus conceal?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the tone of the novel Sarum. Does the tone remain consistent throughout the novel, or does it change from chapter to chapter? What effect does the tone have on the story?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Foreshadowing is an important literary tool. Examine the text for instances of foreshadowing. If instances are present, how do they impact the plot? If there are no instances of foreshadowing, a rare occurrence in a novel, how does the absence of foreshadowing affect the reader's reception of the story?

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