The Pillars of the Earth Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 128 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Pillars of the Earth Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 128 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who teaches Aliena about the wool business?
(a) Prior Philip
(b) Meg, a wool merchant's wife
(c) Francis
(d) Ellen

2. How does Philip plan to speed up the work on the cathedral repairs?
(a) He has the masons work overtime.
(b) He brings in more masons from the city.
(c) Anyone who works on the cathedral will receive a full pardon for all their sins as well as food and drink.
(d) He raises the mason's daily wage.

3. What are the values of the boys who gather in the marketplace?
(a) They believe in goodness and kind deeds.
(b) They scorn beauty and despise goodness.
(c) They respect their elders and parents.
(d) They believe in God and holy works.

4. What does Philip's brother, Francis, surprise him with when he comes to visit?
(a) He brings a baby.
(b) He brings needed donations.
(c) He brings a new bible.
(d) He brings fresh fruit.

5. Where do Philip and his brother, Francis grow up after they are orphaned?
(a) In a monastery
(b) In the streets
(c) In the forest
(d) In an orphanage

6. What happens to Tom's baby son after his birth?
(a) The baby is killed by a wolf.
(b) The baby is too weak to survive.
(c) Tom leaves the baby behind.
(d) The baby dies.

7. What do the young boys of the village admire the most?
(a) Mutilation
(b) A loving mother
(c) A tender ballad
(d) Monks

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

9. Who does the prisoner look at while he stands on the gallows?
(a) His mother
(b) His father
(c) A young boy
(d) A girl of about 15 years of age

10. What does the condemned man look like?
(a) He is short, fat, and bald.
(b) He is old, wrinkled, and bald.
(c) He is young and pale with green eyes and red hair.
(d) He is tall, dark, and scruffy.

11. What does King Stephen decide about the ownership of the Shiring quarry?
(a) The Hamleighs own the quarry but Kingsbridge has the rights to mine the quarry.
(b) King Stephen owns the quarry.
(c) Waleran owns the quarry.
(d) Kingsbridge owns the quarry.

12. What transpires when Tom and his quarrymen arrive at the quarry to start getting stone?
(a) They mine plenty of stone to begin the cathedral.
(b) The men refuse to work and go on strike.
(c) They find the quarry has been mined out.
(d) William Hamleigh's men are mining the quarry and will not let Tom enter.

13. Why is Jack happy about living in Kingsbridge despite Alfred's abuse?
(a) He gets to work on the cathedral.
(b) He enjoys the excitement of the town.
(c) He gets to see Aliena.
(d) He never liked the forest.

14. Who does Philip talk to at Kingsbridge instead of the bishop?
(a) Archdeacon Waleran
(b) Francis
(c) King Stephen
(d) William Hamleigh

15. After the death of Bishop James, who does Remingus see as his rival for the post of Prior of Kingsbridge?
(a) Francis
(b) Waleran
(c) Peter of Wareham
(d) Prior Philip

Short Answer Questions

1. What question does Tom ask Ellen after staying with her for a time?

2. To where does Abbot Peter transfer Prior Philip?

3. How many men show up to work on the cathedral?

4. Why does Philip go to see the Bishop of Kingsbridge after talking to his brother, Francis?

5. What is Tom Builder's one passion in life?

(see the answer keys)

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