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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 is the Sarum Plain used?

2. Godfrey takes vows to become what?

3. Whom does Patricia decide not to see anymore?

4. Which side of the civil war does Edmund choose?

5. What other job does Jane hold while she gains experience at a hospital?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Stonehenge at one time private property and later property of the British government?

2. What path does Adam take to become a soldier?

3. Despite success in their business deal, what sort of scandal erupts from Edward bringing Fleming to England?

4. What sort of religious duplicity does Edward Shockley enact?

5. What must Jane do before she can accomplish her goal to serve as a nurse?

6. How do Adam and Patricia meet? What is their initial fascination with each other? What ultimately happens in the relationship?

7. In "Journey From Sarum," what major changes have occurred for John and Robert Wilson?

8. What enables Jane, unlike many women of the time, to avoid marriage and work toward her goals?

9. What fortuitous event leads to Adam's marriage and relocation to America?

10. Why does a visit from Canon Nicodemus result in Ralph staying at the doctor's house?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the setting of the novel Sarum both in terms of geography and moment in history. How crucial is the setting to the story? Could the story presented by the novel have taken place at any other location or time?

Essay Topic 2

The novel Sarum covers thousands of years, and the living conditions of the characters change dramatically over time, but some things remain the same. Discuss those things that remain the same and will continue to remain the same so long as human nature remains unchanged.

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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