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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the result of the fight between Alfred and Jack?
(a) Alfred's hand is broken.
(b) Tom is injured.
(c) A wall of the cathedral is seriously damaged.
(d) Ellen is hurt in the fight.

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

3. What does Waleran promise to do for William for any of the wrongdoings he may commit?
(a) He will give William an alibi.
(b) He will give William absolution.
(c) He will lie for William.
(d) He will put in a good word for William with the king.

4. Who wins the battle when King Stephen's castle is attacked?
(a) William
(b) Stephen
(c) Waleran
(d) Maud

5. Who helps Jack escape from his punishment?
(a) Aliena
(b) Philip
(c) Ellen
(d) Alfred

6. What gift does Jack's friend, Raschid Alharoun give to him?
(a) A mason's hammer
(b) The Weeping Madonna
(c) A DaVinci painting
(d) A book of Greek philosophers

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

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

9. What does Jack tell the townspeople to inspire them?
(a) God will give them the grace and strength to carry on.
(b) Their crops are still in the fields and the livestock are unharmed.
(c) Prior Philip will ask God for help.
(d) Richard will defeat William.

10. What does Tom give to Jack that no other man could give?
(a) His mason's tools
(b) His wedding ring
(c) The cathedral
(d) A loving brother

11. Why is William so upset that Waleran will not give him absolution for his sins?
(a) He fears his mother's religious wrath.
(b) He won't be allowed in the church.
(c) He won't be allowed the earldom.
(d) He fears the fires of hell.

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

13. What does Tom see when he goes to the top wall of the cathedral to save Jonathan?
(a) Waleran and the bishops approaching
(b) William Hamleigh and his men approaching
(c) Alfred beating Jack again
(d) Jack and Aliena embracing

14. What visions are tormenting William when he stops building the church in Shiring?
(a) Being spat upon by peasants
(b) His mother burning in hell
(c) His begging in the streets
(d) Aliena laughing at him

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jack realize will stabilize the cracks in the cathedral?

2. What news does Francis bring to Philip when he arrives at the priory?

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

4. How many people die in the raid on Kingsbridge?

5. What condition does Philip give Jack if he wants to be master builder of the cathedral?

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