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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 Thirty-nine starts with which of the following?

2. In Chapter Thirty-four, which of the following words does Beatryce use to explain the letter C?

3. Book the Third ends with which of the following?

4. Chapter Thirty-three starts with which of the following?

5. Which of the following does Edik note entering into the Chronicles of Sorrowing?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter Twenty-five, what reason does Cannoc state is right for Beatryce and Jack to be afraid?

2. What does Cannoc say of kings and their wants after he brings Beatryce and Jack to his home?

3. Of which promises is Beatryce reminded in Chapter Thirty-eight?

4. What does Edik say in Chapter Thirty-six as he is confronted by the man with the knife?

5. What does Jack do to comfort Beatryce in Chapter Thirty-five?

6. In Chapter Thirty-eight, what does Jack posit as the meaning of the prophecy concerning Beatryce?

7. Summarize Cannoc’s account of leaving the throne.

8. When reunited with Edik in Chapter Thirty-seven, what does Beatryce declare to him?

9. What becomes of Cannoc’s crown?

10. Why does Edik weep when the king’s soldiers question him at the monastery?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Edik muses that “Again and again, the world insisted upon betrayals, goodbyes” (63). To what extent do the novel and experience bear out his musing? How do the novel and experience do so?

Essay Topic 2

Typically, an epigraph is expected to speak to or set the tone for the work it introduces. Does the epigraph of The Beatryce Prophecy do so for the present novel? How or how not?

Essay Topic 3

Explicate the significance of Cannoc’s assumed name.

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