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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. Chapter Three begins with which of the following?

2. What are the first words Jack says to Bibspeak?

3. Which of the following does Edik pack for Beatryce’s departure with Jack?

4. Which phrase does Edik use to report a prophecy to Caddis?

5. What color are the wings of the angel the soldier lying abed in Jack’s village sees?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How long does Chapter Thirteen note that Bibspeak had been in the world?

3. What do the king and the counselor discuss in their interlude in Chapter Six?

4. What reasons do the monks note for keeping Answelica alive?

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

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

7. How does Edik describe the child’s crying in Chapter Three?

8. Early in Chapter One, what is portrayed as among Answelica’s favorite games?

9. Why does Beatryce love Edik’s roving eye?

10. What story does Beatryce promise to tell of Edik’s mermaid?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Explicate the significance of the Jack Dory’s name.

Essay Topic 3

Explicate the significance of Cannoc’s assumed name.

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