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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. How does Krona's bride die?

2. Why does Katesh jump into the river?

3. In what year does "The Death" open?

4. Who is the ruling chief?

5. Porteus wants to use his money ______________.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. How does William Shockley get news about situations in places far from home?

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

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

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

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

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.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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