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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Peter of Wareham become angry with Prior Philip?

2. What type of death does the prisoner experience when the oxcart is pulled away?

3. What are the values of the boys who gather in the marketplace?

4. What impresses Tom about Ellen's son, Jack?

5. What does Aliena's and Richard's father make them vow to him?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe how Tom is hired to begin repairs of Kingsbridge Cathedral and what is the condition Philip sets about Ellen?

2. When the condemned man dies, what is the reaction of the young pregnant girl to whom he was singing?

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

4. Describe the design of the cathedral Tom proposes to build for Prior Philip.

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

6. What is the deal that Archdeacon Waleran makes with Philip after the death of Prior James, the Prior of Kingsbridge?

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

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

9. Summarize the location and outcome of the birth of Tom's third child.

10. What is the vow that Aliena's father asks her to make when she and Richard visit him in prison?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) Describe the events following the sinking of the White Ship.

2) What is the fate of lone survivor and how is he involved with Aliena, Jack, Waleran Bigot, Percy Hamleigh, and Prior James?

3) How does the survivors' lives affect the lives of these characters?

4) Cite examples from the novel.

Essay Topic 2

1) Compare and contrast the characters of Richard and William Hamleigh.

2) Summarize the impact each character has on one another.

3) How is each character realistic in their struggles to attain the earldom?

4) Is Richard or William more effective in their methods of requiring Shiring?

5) Cite examples from the novel to support the answer.

Essay Topic 3

1) Summarize the building of the new cathedral at Kingsbridge from the time the old church is burned down to the completion of the cathedral many years later.

2) Include the architectural styles used by each of the three master builders that were hired throughout the years and the setbacks to the cathedral construction.

3) Describe the style of the completed Kingsbridge Cathedral and the master builder's design.

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