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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. What does Aliena teach Elizabeth when they meet in church?

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

3. What does Aliena suggest Richard should do with the bandits?

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

5. What does Jack invent to help Aliena with her wool business?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) Describe the steps Aliena must go through in order to start up her wool business.

2) What supplies does she purchase, who does she consult, and what business associates does she meet?

3) How does Aliena adapt her business to grow and prosper through the years?

4) Summarize the prosperous times, as well as the times of hardship.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

1) Analyze Jack's coming of age throughout the novel.

2) What fears and emotions does he experience as he grows from childhood to adulthood?

3) How does his outlook on life, education, and love change as he develops from a boy into a man?

4) Cite examples of Jack's character changes throughout his life.

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