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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: 1135-1136.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What impresses Tom about Ellen's son, Jack?
(a) He gives Tom's family his portion of food
(b) He is able to hunt ducks with a stone and a sling.
(c) He has impeccable social graces.
(d) He offers the guests food before taking any for himself.

2. What is the historical significance of the ship that flounders off Balfour?
(a) Queen Maud's son is aboard.
(b) King Henry's only heir perishes in the wreck.
(c) King Stephen's heir perishes.
(d) King Henry's wife dies in the wreck.

3. What horrifies Philip when he first sees Kingsbridge?
(a) The collapsed cathedral
(b) Poverty
(c) Ruin and disrepair
(d) Cruelty and torture

4. Why does Lord William Hamleigh dismiss Tom and his stonemasons?
(a) William decides to move to a different town.
(b) William's engagement is broken off.
(c) William finds a cheaper builder.
(d) William decides to live in his father's castle.

5. Why does Peter of Wareham become angry with Prior Philip?
(a) Philip tells Peter to be more humble.
(b) Philip forces Peter to fast and pray.
(c) Philip forces Peter to clean the cathedral.
(d) Philip assigns Peter the role of almoner, which requires a lot of travel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has Tom Builder been hired to build for the earl's daughter and her fiancée?

2. What angers Philip about the monks right after he arrives at his new assignment?

3. What color eyes does the person have that the prisoner stares at in the crowd?

4. What is Agnes' condition after the birth?

5. What type of people live in the homes of the town square?

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