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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 Chapter Thirteen, what question does Bibspeak not want to ask?

2. What are Edik’s first words to Jack?

3. Chapter Nine begins with which of the following?

4. In Chapter Eight, which of the following names does Beatryce posit for Answelica before learning the goat’s true name?

5. Chapter Twenty-two begins with which of the following?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter Four, how does Edik initially assess the condition of the child who had been curled up next to Answelica?

2. In Chapter Twelve, how does Edik propose concealing Beatryce?

3. What reason does Jack give for not wanting to know a secret in Chapter Fifteen?

4. In Chapter Eight, what does Beatryce first discuss with *Answelica*?

5. Why do the monks purpose to send Beatryce on the errand to Jack’s village?

6. What reason does the royal search party give to Jack for pursuing Beatryce?

7. Why does Jack start at the approach of horses to his village?

8. What does Beatryce think about as she prepares to take the soldier’s testimony in Jack’s village?

9. In Chapter Six, what does Edik note wanting his letters to illuminate?

10. In Chapter Eight, how does Edik describe the Chronicles of Sorrowing?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The effects of trauma on several characters in the novel are clear. How does The Beatryce Prophecy present trauma, and what significance accrues to the presentation?

Essay Topic 2

Note what characters are named in the text and which are not. What significance does the refusal to name certain characters have in the novel, and how does that significance emerge?

Essay Topic 3

The novel orients itself around a prophetic text: the Chronicles of Sorrowing. What significance inheres in the name of that text? How does the novel support the idea of that significance?

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