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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Philip granted when he asks for a market license?
(a) He is granted the use of the quarry but no license.
(b) He is granted the forestland but no license.
(c) He is granted the license if he pays 100 pounds.
(d) He is granted only a partial license.

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

3. Who does Aliena ask to help her gain access to Earlcastle?
(a) Francis
(b) Ellen
(c) Elizabeth
(d) Philip

4. 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

5. What does Jack study while he is in Toledo?
(a) Languages
(b) Math and science
(c) History and Latin
(d) Literature and math

6. What is Aliena's reaction when Jack tells her he hired Alfred?
(a) She calls him a fool.
(b) She is delighted.
(c) She is indifferent.
(d) She is scared.

7. How does William plan to get more money for Shiring?
(a) Starting a wool market
(b) Raping and pillaging the villagers
(c) Selling the castle silver pieces
(d) Selling farmland

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

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

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

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

12. Why does Alfred come to see Jack after 10 years of absence?
(a) He comes to get Aliena back.
(b) He comes for revenge.
(c) He asks Jack for a job.
(d) He comes to ask forgiveness.

13. What is Jack's punishment for talking to Aliena unsupervised?
(a) He is locked in his room.
(b) He must fast for 30 days.
(c) He must lie in front of the altar and beg forgiveness.
(d) He is locked in a cell.

14. Why does Alfred throw Aliena out of the house?
(a) He found another lover.
(b) She gives birth to Jack's baby.
(c) She insults his manhood.
(d) She is having an affair with one of the masons.

15. What do the townspeople of Kingbridge build to fend off William's army?
(a) Turrets
(b) A catapult
(c) A wall
(d) A moat

Short Answer Questions

1. Who helps Jack escape from his punishment?

2. What does Aliena teach Elizabeth when they meet in church?

3. What does William vow to do after the death of his mother?

4. Who does Jack find dead in the street?

5. Why is William so upset that Waleran will not give him absolution for his sins?

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