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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the orderlies notice about the new patient's shirt?
(a) It is of material they do not recognize
(b) It looks as if it has been torn and re-sewed
(c) It has no labels in it
(d) It is handmade

2. What does Arnaut de Cervole decimate on a rampage with other renegade knights?
(a) Four convents
(b) A famous painting of the Bride of Christ
(c) The Monastery of Sainte-Mire
(d) A cathedral in the city of Mount Pelide

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

4. Why does Chris add fortifications to the model he makes?
(a) Because they want to try some of the hurling machines against something that is realistic
(b) He think it is the way the architect would have made it because of the principles of physics known back then
(c) Because of the state of war at the time the model represents
(d) He found some heavy beams in the area where he works and believes they prove the mill was fortified

5. On what project is Chris Hughes working?
(a) Collecting and analyzing bones at the site
(b) Analyzing fabric at the site
(c) The reconstruction of the water mill
(d) The reconstruction of several small homes from the 1300s

6. What is John Gordon's position at ITC?
(a) President
(b) Senior Vice President
(c) Head researcher
(d) Non-voting board member

7. In what year was the Hundred Years War ongoing?
(a) 1357
(b) 1224
(c) 1504
(d) 1478

8. Who is Joseph Traub?
(a) The deputy sheriff who investigates the case
(b) An old time friend of Liz Baker
(c) A Navajo shaman
(d) A well-known physicist

9. Who is second in command of the Dordogne project?
(a) Marek
(b) Erickson
(c) Stern
(d) Doniger

10. What does the old man suddenly begin to do?
(a) Vomit blood
(b) Breathe rapidly
(c) Scream at the doctor
(d) Shake uncontrollably

11. Why does Sophie leave Chris to take care of her horse?
(a) She stays to help Kate
(b) She is injured
(c) She goes off with another man
(d) The horse bucks and she is too frightened to go further

12. Which century is referred to in the first sentence of the Introduction?
(a) 19th
(b) 22nd
(c) 21st
(d) 20th

13. Where in Europe is a reporter nosing into ITC projects?
(a) England
(b) Germany
(c) Belgium
(d) France

14. What is unique about Marek's language knowledge?
(a) He can instantly translate texts into modern English
(b) He can read texts that are written in heretofore unknown dialects
(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

15. What does Stern find with the view from the helicopter?
(a) Several features overlooked previously
(b) None of the new map's features, but something overlooked before
(c) None of the features on the map Wauneka sent them
(d) All the features that the map from Wauneka cites

Short Answer Questions

1. What evidence does Johnston say is weak?

2. What is odd about the old man's fingertips?

3. How is Arnaut successful in bringing down the fortress?

4. What did scientists believe they had done at the end of the century mentioned in the Introduction?

5. What does Sophie do when she sees Chris get distracted and hit?

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