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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. Where does Jack first talk to Aliena about literature?
(a) In the cathedral
(b) In the woods
(c) In her cottage
(d) At the market

2. What does Jack invent to help Aliena with her wool business?
(a) A cloth felter
(b) Wool clippers
(c) A wool sheerer
(d) A collapsible market booth

3. Why does Alfred come to see Jack after 10 years of absence?
(a) He comes to get Aliena back.
(b) He comes to ask forgiveness.
(c) He asks Jack for a job.
(d) He comes for revenge.

4. What does Alfred reveal to Jack that infuriates him?
(a) His father was hanged as a thief.
(b) Martha despises him.
(c) Ellen is not his real mother.
(d) Tom doesn't care about him.

5. Of what does William accuse Prior Philip?
(a) Infidelity
(b) Running an unlicensed market
(c) Murder
(d) Treason

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Aliena tell Jack she is going to do after ten years of living apart?

2. What is Aliena surprised to discover about Jack?

3. What does Aliena consider when she goes to the tallest tower of the cathedral?

4. What does Jonathan decide to do with his life now that he is sixteen years old?

5. What is the economic situation of Shiring while William is the earl?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Aliena's plan to get Shiring back for Richard.

2. What is Aliena's idea involving the starving outlaws who attack Kingsbridge in the search for food?

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

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

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

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

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

10. Summarize the first meeting between Jack and Aliena when Jack finds her reading in the woods.

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