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

2. What happens when Aliena tries to sell her fleeces at the market?
(a) She is only offered half of what they are worth.
(b) The fleeces are stolen from her.
(c) She gets full price for the fleeces.
(d) No one will buy them from a woman.

3. What reaction do the old women have toward the prisoner?
(a) They are glad he is about to hang.
(b) They feel sorry for him.
(c) They feel he deserves his fate.
(d) They think he is handsome.

4. What type of death does the prisoner experience when the oxcart is pulled away?
(a) He gasps for breath for a long time.
(b) His neck breaks and death is quick.
(c) He strangles slowly.
(d) He kicks and fights against the noose.

5. What do the young boys of the village admire the most?
(a) A tender ballad
(b) A loving mother
(c) Monks
(d) Mutilation

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do three men ride behind the prisoner?

2. What is Tom Builder's one passion in life?

3. What is Agnes' condition after the birth?

4. What transpires when Tom and his quarrymen arrive at the quarry to start getting stone?

5. Where do Philip and his brother, Francis grow up after they are orphaned?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the plan Philip devises to get more work done on the cathedral before the visit from Bishop Henry.

3. Of what is the crime that the condemned man has been found guilty?

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

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

6. What does the condemned man do as the noose is placed around his neck?

7. Why does Lord William Hamleigh fire Tom from the job of building him a house?

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

9. 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?

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

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