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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 is the condition of the monastery after 2 years under the care of Prior Philip?
(a) The monastery is dirty and unkempt.
(b) The monks are hungry and the monastery in ruins.
(c) It is in dire straits.
(d) It is self sufficient and morale is high.

2. How does the prisoner react when one of the boys spits in his face?
(a) He begins to cry.
(b) He snarls a curse and lunges at the boy.
(c) He tells the boy that he forgives him.
(d) He ignores the boy.

3. Why doesn't the master builder of Salisbury Cathedral hire Tom?
(a) He feels Tom is not qualified.
(b) He is jealous of Tom.
(c) He has too many masons already.
(d) He doesn't like the looks of Tom.

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

5. What type of people live in the homes of the town square?
(a) The poor of the town
(b) Prostitutes
(c) Soldiers
(d) Craftsmen and traders

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the thief steal from Tom's family?

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

4. What reaction do the old women have toward the prisoner?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the fate of the White Ship and its passengers after it sets sail from England in 1120?

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

3. What events take place when William Hamleigh goes to the castle at Shiring to claim it as his own?

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

5. What happens when Tom asks the master builder of a cathedral in Salisbury if he can have a job?

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

7. How do Aliena and Richard escape from the castle?

8. How does Tom first meet Ellen and her son, Jack?

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

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

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