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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 Tom give to Jack that no other man could give?
(a) His mason's tools
(b) The cathedral
(c) His wedding ring
(d) A loving brother

2. What is Richard's position in Kingsbridge?
(a) Accountant for the monastery
(b) Wool business manager
(c) Head of security
(d) Blacksmith

3. Why does Alfred throw Aliena out of the house?
(a) She insults his manhood.
(b) She gives birth to Jack's baby.
(c) He found another lover.
(d) She is having an affair with one of the masons.

4. What happens at the church service in Kingsbridge Cathedral on Whitsunsday?
(a) The bishops are impressed with the gorgeous cathedral.
(b) The stone ceiling collapses on the congregation.
(c) Richard is named as Earl of Shiring.
(d) Prior Philip is named Archbishop.

5. How does William plan to get more money for Shiring?
(a) Starting a wool market
(b) Raping and pillaging the villagers
(c) Selling farmland
(d) Selling the castle silver pieces

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Richard do when he finds Alfred trying to rape Aliena?

2. What is Aliena's reaction when Jack tells her he hired Alfred?

3. What visions are tormenting William when he stops building the church in Shiring?

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

5. What do the masons decide should happen as a result of the fight between Jack and Alfred?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What are the changes Alfred proposes for the cathedral when Philip names him as master builder?

4. Summarize what takes place when William Hamleigh and his men attack the Kingsbridge market.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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