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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Why are Prior Philip and the townspeople of Kingsbridge devastated?
(a) The bishop cannot come to visit.
(b) The town is in ruins.
(c) The monastery burned down.
(d) The market cannot be opened again.

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

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

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

7. What horrifies William when he goes to visit Kingsbridge?
(a) It is burned to the ground.
(b) It is more affluent than Shiring.
(c) It is full of beggars and thieves.
(d) It is in ruins.

8. What does William vow to do after the death of his mother?
(a) Donate her clothing to the poor
(b) Light a candle in the cathedral for her soul
(c) Build a castle in her honor
(d) Build a church in her honor

9. What does Aliena consider when she goes to the tallest tower of the cathedral?
(a) Joining a nunnery
(b) Suicide
(c) Marrying Jack
(d) Moving away

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

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

12. Of what does William accuse Prior Philip?
(a) Running an unlicensed market
(b) Murder
(c) Treason
(d) Infidelity

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

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

15. Why do a band of outlaws attack Kingsbridge?
(a) They want gold from the cathedral.
(b) They want to assassinate Prior Philip.
(c) They want Aliena's wool.
(d) They are starving and desperate.

Short Answer Questions

1. When William asks King Stephen for the earldom, who is also there saying he should be the earl?

2. How many children do Jack and Aliena have?

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

4. What is Aliena surprised to discover about Jack?

5. What does Alfred do when he is unable to perform on his wedding night?

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