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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Louise Delvert say that alarms Professor Johnston?
(a) ITC has purchased a lot of land around the site
(b) This site was excavated in the early 19th Century
(c) The Germans want more control over the excavation
(d) The French are planning to cut the budget in half

2. Upon what is Quantum technology based?
(a) Threaded realities
(b) Subatomic reality
(c) Occam's razor
(d) The use of anti-matter

3. Who does Arnaut chase for a showdown?
(a) The King's band of personal knights
(b) Sir Oliver
(c) Sir John Dupries
(d) The Mother Superior of one of the convents he destroys

4. What does the Professor believe ITC has done at the site?
(a) Done an independent site analysis
(b) Sabotaged several small digs
(c) Bribed the French government
(d) Planted things that do not belong there

5. What does Chris think about Kate at dinner in Sarlat?
(a) She is plainer than he at first thought
(b) She is condescending
(c) She's more attractive than he realized
(d) She is very witty

6. What does Liz do for a living?
(a) Archeologist
(b) Epidemiologist
(c) Architect
(d) Physician

7. What is unique about Marek's language knowledge?
(a) He can read texts that are written in heretofore unknown dialects
(b) He can instantly translate texts into modern English
(c) He can speak as well as read the languages of the European Middle Ages
(d) He is very good at distinguishing meanings of a word that has several nuances

8. What is one town Sir Oliver de Vannes conquers in the Hundred Years War?
(a) Castelgard
(b) Humbelt
(c) Dordogne
(d) Carlisle

9. Where is the site architect when they look for her?
(a) On the plane on her way to Luxemburg
(b) Sleeping in her room
(c) Hanging from the ceiling of Castelgard chapel
(d) Studying the site plans

10. What is the man wearing that lies beside the road where Dan and Liz are driving?
(a) Nothing
(b) Navajo ceremonial dress
(c) A suit and tie
(d) Robes like a monk

11. For what does Marek use a quintain he designed?
(a) Getting on his horse while in armor
(b) Practice with the broadsword
(c) Practice jousting
(d) Reading fine inscriptions

12. What is one thing the Introduction mentions that scientists could not have conceived of at the beginning of the 20th Century?
(a) The equality of blacks in the culture
(b) Women's voting rights
(c) A cotton gin
(d) Electrical lights

13. What does Sophie do when she sees Chris get distracted and hit?
(a) Apologizes
(b) Laughs
(c) Runs over to him
(d) Screams

14. What is one thing Kramer mentions about the site that mystifies Chris and David?
(a) The tower
(b) The whipping yard
(c) The water well
(d) The kennels

15. What is the subject of Chris Hughes' doctoral dissertation?
(a) The impact of the bubonic plague on wars
(b) Medieval water mills
(c) Fabrics of the middle ages
(d) The use of hoisting technology in sieges in the Middle Ages

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Katherine Erickson studying?

2. What was Arnaut de Cervole's former occupation?

3. What does Dan find when he follows the man's tracks off the road?

4. What does Marek suggest when it's obvious everyone at the site is upset?

5. Who annoys Chris at dinner in Sarlat?

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