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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Philip respond to William's accusations?
(a) William should understand the situation.
(b) William is a thief, rapist, and murderer.
(c) William is right about his accusations.
(d) William is a good man but has the wrong information.

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

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

6. What changes does the new master builder make to the plans for the cathedral?
(a) A stone roof instead of a wooden roof
(b) A longer nave
(c) Higher walls
(d) Smaller windows

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

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

9. What is Philip's only hope that the Kingsbridge Cathedral will be completed?
(a) If King Stephen is defeated
(b) If William is killed in battle
(c) If King Stephen remains the king
(d) If Richard is killed in battle

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

11. When William asks King Stephen for the earldom, who is also there saying he should be the earl?
(a) Richard
(b) Waleran
(c) Francis
(d) Philip

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

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

14. Who does William hire to build a new church in Shiring?
(a) Otto
(b) Alfred
(c) Jack
(d) Francis

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what does William accuse Prior Philip?

2. Why is Prior Philip's life in danger when he walks around the castle grounds with King Sephen?

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

4. What is the response of the masons when Jack tells them he has to let half the workers go?

5. Who does Aliena ask to help her gain access to Earlcastle?

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