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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. How does Aliena react when a robber strikes Richard on the head, trying to steal his sword?
(a) She cuts off the robber's head with the sword.
(b) She stabs the thief in the eye.
(c) She stabs the thief with her dagger and has Richard kill him with his sword.
(d) She grabs Richard and runs into the woods.

2. What does Philip decide to do with the baby that Francis brought to the monastery?
(a) He gives the baby to a peasant family.
(b) He gives the baby to an orphanage.
(c) He leaves the baby at a convent.
(d) He decides to keep the baby and raise it in the monastery.

3. Who nudges the sheriff impatiently, wanting to hurry along the hanging?
(a) The knight
(b) The bailiff
(c) The king
(d) The priest

4. Why do the townspeople find the whole situation of the hanging strange?
(a) They don't understand why the condemned man would steal something he couldn't resell.
(b) They are not used to seeing a man hanged.
(c) Hangings usually take place in private.
(d) They find it strange that no one is going to see the hanging.

5. What transpires when Tom and his quarrymen arrive at the quarry to start getting stone?
(a) William Hamleigh's men are mining the quarry and will not let Tom enter.
(b) They find the quarry has been mined out.
(c) They mine plenty of stone to begin the cathedral.
(d) The men refuse to work and go on strike.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the secret compromise that Philip proposes to the Hamleighs about the forests and quarry in Shiring?

2. What does Aliena buy to start up her wool business?

3. What does Philip's brother, Francis, surprise him with when he comes to visit?

4. What angers Philip about the monks right after he arrives at his new assignment?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Summarize the actions of the townspeople before the hanging takes place.

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

3. Describe the condemned man's appearance.

4. Describe how Tom is hired to begin repairs of Kingsbridge Cathedral and what is the condition Philip sets about Ellen?

5. What does Tom ask Ellen after she allows Tom and the children to stay in her cave, giving them food and shelter?

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

7. 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?

8. What is the reaction of the townspeople as the man is led to the gallows?

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

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

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