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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 Alfred do when he is unable to perform on his wedding night?
(a) He forces Aliena to sleep on the floor.
(b) He promises to do better next time.
(c) He cries out of frustration.
(d) He asks Aliena for forgiveness.

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

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

4. Who tells Aliena that Jack has gone to Paris to work on a cathedral?
(a) Aysha
(b) Raschid
(c) Ellen
(d) Francis

5. What does Jonathan decide to do with his life now that he is sixteen years old?
(a) Become a monk
(b) Become a wool merchant
(c) Become a mason
(d) Travel to Spain

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Jack's punishment for talking to Aliena unsupervised?

2. What is the result of the fight between Alfred and Jack?

3. What does Alfred reveal to Jack that infuriates him?

4. What does Philip respond to William's accusations?

5. What does Tom see when he goes to the top wall of the cathedral to save Jonathan?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Jack and Aliena bring the Weeping Madonna, which was a gift from Jack's friend, Raschid, to Kingsbridge?

2. What does Waleran tell William he should do in order to earn more money for the earldom?

3. Why does Jack invent an ingenious cloth felter for Aliena?

4. What are the aftereffects of William's attack on Kingsbridge on the citizens of the town?

5. Why is Jack angry with the conditions Philip gives him in order for him to be master builder of Kingsbridge cathedral?

6. Why does Alfred come to see Jack after 10 years with no communication?

7. How does Ellen find a way into Jack's cell after the monks lock him up for talking to Aliena?

8. What does William Hamleigh decide to do in order to increase the wealth of Shiring when he takes control after his father's death?

9. What are the consequences for Prior Philip when Maud's men defeat King Stephen?

10. How is William's mismanagement of Shiring evident throughout the countryside?

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