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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What is the economic situation of Shiring while William is the earl?
(a) Wealth and prosperity
(b) Plenty for everyone
(c) Famine and destitution
(d) Prosperous farms and markets

7. What is Richard's position in Kingsbridge?
(a) Blacksmith
(b) Head of security
(c) Wool business manager
(d) Accountant for the monastery

8. How does William's new wife, Elizabeth, feel about him?
(a) She loves him.
(b) She hates him.
(c) She is in awe of him.
(d) She is proud of him.

9. What does Alfred reveal to Jack that infuriates him?
(a) Tom doesn't care about him.
(b) Martha despises him.
(c) Ellen is not his real mother.
(d) His father was hanged as a thief.

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

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

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

13. What does Waleran convince William to do to hinder Philip's success?
(a) Take over the forests
(b) Kidnap one of the monks for ransom
(c) Take over the quarry
(d) Burn the cathedral

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

15. Who does Prior Philip and Richard go to see about obtaining a market license?
(a) Francis
(b) Waleran
(c) Maud
(d) King Stephen

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Richard do when he finds Alfred trying to rape Aliena?

3. What do the townspeople of Kingbridge build to fend off William's army?

4. What does Aliena tell Richard he should do to be named Earl of Shiring?

5. Of what does William accuse Prior Philip?

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