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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Philip go to see the Bishop of Kingsbridge after talking to his brother, Francis?
(a) He goes to tell the Bishop about the planned rebellion against King Stephen by Maud's followers.
(b) He goes to ask the Bishop's help with a new cathedral.
(c) He goes to ask the Bishop to find a home for the baby.
(d) He goes to ask the Bishop to transfer Peter of Wareham to another monastery.

2. What is the secret compromise that Philip proposes to the Hamleighs about the forests and quarry in Shiring?
(a) Kingsbridge gets the forest and quarries, while the Hamleighs get the earldom and farmland.
(b) Kingsbridge gets the forest and the Hamleigh's get the quarries.
(c) Kingsbridge gets the farmland and the Hamleighs get the forest.
(d) Kingsbridge gets the earl's money and the Hamleighs get the earldom.

3. What does King Stephen decide about the ownership of the Shiring quarry?
(a) Waleran owns the quarry.
(b) Kingsbridge owns the quarry.
(c) The Hamleighs own the quarry but Kingsbridge has the rights to mine the quarry.
(d) King Stephen owns the quarry.

4. How many passengers aboard the sunken ship survive?
(a) Three
(b) One
(c) Ten
(d) Five

5. How do the young maidens feel about the prisoner?
(a) They think he is ugly.
(b) They think he is retarded.
(c) They think he is handsome.
(d) They think he is possessed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the prisoner do after the noose is placed around his neck?

2. What impresses Prior Philip about Tom's plans for the cathedral?

3. Who teaches Aliena about the wool business?

4. What does Philip decide to do with the baby that Francis brought to the monastery?

5. What is the condition of Tom and his family by the time Christmas arrives?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the secret compromise that Philip proposes to the Hamleighs about the forests and quarry in Shiring and how does this affect his relationship with Waleran?

2. Summarize the location and outcome of the birth of Tom's third child.

3. What is the favorite pastime of the young boys who gather early in the marketplace?

4. Why does Abbot Peter transfer Prior Philip out of the monastery where he was born and where does he send him?

5. Describe the conversation the young men have about witnessing other hangings.

6. What does Prior Philip have the monks of the monastery do when William Hamleigh's men will not let, Tom, the master builder of Kingsbridge, go into the quarry for stone?

7. What is Tom Builder's greatest passion in life?

8. Describe the business that Aliena begins when she gets the money her father left for her and Richard with a priest in Winchester?

9. What is the deal that Archdeacon Waleran makes with Philip after the death of Prior James, the Prior of Kingsbridge?

10. Describe the design of the cathedral Tom proposes to build for Prior Philip.

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