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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 "New World" open?

2. How is the Sarum Plain used?

3. Who purchases the site?

4. What is John Wilson's occupation?

5. What does the purchaser do with the site?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Peter Wilson go from being a smuggler to a sailor in the British Navy?

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

3. What is the most noticeable event happening in "The Encampment"?

4. Even though she is neutral in the matter of king versus Parliament, how does Margaret come to lead a defense force?

5. How do labor troubles lead to many convicts from Sarum being sent to Australia?

6. How does Godefroi go about trying to improve his family's financial situation?

7. Why does Will go to the cathedral?

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

9. Despite participating in wars in other parts of the world, why is the time period covered in the chapter "The Calm" considered a time of peace for most English people?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the narrator's use of language in the novel Sarum. Is the language elevated to the poetic or is it the everyday language of people of Sarum in their various times in history? Do you find it equally easy to understand characters' language regardless of their time in history?

Essay Topic 3

The chapter covering the mid to late sixteenth century is titled "New World." Why does the chapter have this title, and how is this a fitting title?

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