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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5: 1152 - 1155.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens at the church service in Kingsbridge Cathedral on Whitsunsday?
(a) Richard is named as Earl of Shiring.
(b) Prior Philip is named Archbishop.
(c) The stone ceiling collapses on the congregation.
(d) The bishops are impressed with the gorgeous cathedral.

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

3. Who does Prior Philip and Richard go to see about obtaining a market license?
(a) Waleran
(b) King Stephen
(c) Maud
(d) Francis

4. Where do Aliena and Richard intend to go after their escape?
(a) To Winchester to find out where their father is
(b) To Salisbury
(c) To Kingsbridge to seek Prior Philip's help
(d) To the forest where no one can find them

5. What is Philip's reaction when he sees Remingus begging for food?
(a) Tells him that he deserves his fate
(b) Curses Remingus for conspiring against him
(c) Tells him that God is punishing him
(d) Invites him back to the monastery to live

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Aliena consider when she goes to the tallest tower of the cathedral?

2. Why are Prior Philip and the townspeople of Kingsbridge devastated?

3. What do the young boys of the village admire the most?

4. What does William Hamleigh do when he finds Aliena in the earl's castle?

5. Why are the peasants afraid to go to the Kingsbridge market?

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