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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. Book the Third begins with which of the following?

2. Chapter Twenty-six begins with which of the following?

3. Chapter Forty-one starts with which of the following?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter Forty-two, what is posed as something that would have been good regarding Jack?

2. What reasons does Jack give that Beatryce should not go to see the king?

3. What does Jack recognize as a sign of his desire to learn to read at the beginning of Chapter Thirty-four?

4. What does Edik see as he kneels before the man with the knife in Chapter Thirty-six?

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

6. In Chapter Twenty-five, what justification does Jack give for lying to Cannoc?

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

8. What becomes of Cannoc’s crown?

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

10. What justification does Cannoc give for the fearfulness of the monks?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explicate the significance of Edik’s name.

Essay Topic 2

Do the punishments the counselor and his king receive from Ehrengard suffice? What in the novel and in experience suggest that they do or not, and how do they suggest it?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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