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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 Aliena tell Jack she is going to do after ten years of living apart?
(a) Ask Waleran to approve the annulment
(b) Leave him
(c) Ask Philip to allow their union
(d) Ask Richard to beseech the king for an annulment

2. Why are the peasants afraid to go to the Kingsbridge market?
(a) They are afraid of Waleran.
(b) They are afraid of Prior Philip's temper.
(c) They are afraid of the plague.
(d) They are terrorized by William.

3. What does Waleran promise to do for William for any of the wrongdoings he may commit?
(a) He will give William absolution.
(b) He will lie for William.
(c) He will put in a good word for William with the king.
(d) He will give William an alibi.

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

5. Who does Prior Philip and Richard go to see about obtaining a market license?
(a) Maud
(b) Waleran
(c) King Stephen
(d) Francis

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens at the church service in Kingsbridge Cathedral on Whitsunsday?

2. How does William plan to get more money for Shiring?

3. What does Waleran tell William would be an ideal insult to Philip?

4. Who wins the battle when King Stephen's castle is attacked?

5. Of what does William accuse Prior Philip?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe the reaction of the masons working on Kingbridge cathedral when Jack announces that some of them are going to be laid off.

4. Describe the scene between Jack and Alfred after Alfred tells Jack that his real father was hanged as a thief.

5. Describe Prior Philip's response to William Hamleigh when he arrives in Kingsbridge with his soldiers.

6. Describe the young wife of William Hamleigh.

7. Why does Alfred force Aliena to sleep on the floor at the foot of the bed?

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

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

10. What does Aliena teach Elizabeth when they meet each other when seeking shelter from a storm?

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