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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Alfred go to Aliena's home?
(a) To beg her for money
(b) To ask her to come back to him
(c) To kill her
(d) To laugh in her face

3. What is Aliena surprised to discover about Jack?
(a) He is a lord.
(b) He doesn't know how to read.
(c) He is really Philip's son.
(d) He reads.

4. What does Richard do when he finds Alfred trying to rape Aliena?
(a) Kills him
(b) Knocks him unconscious
(c) Tells Alfred to get out
(d) Throws Alfred out the door

5. What does Jack invent to help Aliena with her wool business?
(a) A cloth felter
(b) A collapsible market booth
(c) A wool sheerer
(d) Wool clippers

6. What does Aliena suggest Richard should do with the bandits?
(a) Hang them in the marketplace
(b) Put them to work in the fields
(c) Let them go back to their families
(d) Turn them into an army

7. Who convinces Waleran to block Aliena's annulment from Alfred?
(a) Philip
(b) Francis
(c) Alfred
(d) William

8. What does Richard do to avoid being arrested by William?
(a) Hides in the forest
(b) Moves to Spain
(c) Crosses the channel to France
(d) Joins the crusades in the Holy Land

9. What does Philip model the plans for a new town after?
(a) London
(b) Salisbury
(c) Winchester
(d) Canterbury

10. Where does Jack first talk to Aliena about literature?
(a) In the cathedral
(b) In the woods
(c) In her cottage
(d) At the market

11. Who does Jack find dead in the street?
(a) Francis
(b) A priest
(c) Tom
(d) A young girl

12. Who tells Aliena that Jack has gone to Paris to work on a cathedral?
(a) Francis
(b) Ellen
(c) Raschid
(d) Aysha

13. Why is Alfred marrying Aliena?
(a) To hurt Richard
(b) He loves her.
(c) To hurt Jack
(d) He wants a family

14. What does Jack realize will stabilize the cracks in the cathedral?
(a) Flying buttresses
(b) Stronger beams
(c) Smaller windows
(d) Wider columns

15. What is the response of the masons when Jack tells them he has to let half the workers go?
(a) They understand the situation.
(b) They are angry but comply.
(c) They all go on strike.
(d) They agree with the decision.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Prior Philip and Richard go to see about obtaining a market license?

2. How does William plan to get more money for Shiring?

3. What is Philip's only hope that the Kingsbridge Cathedral will be completed?

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

5. What is Philip granted when he asks for a market license?

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