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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Godric say the waves look like when the sea crests?
(a) Grey walls.
(b) Curled sky.
(c) A bowl of soup.
(d) Blue hills.

2. Which Jew turns Christian in the book?
(a) Godric.
(b) Haggai.
(c) Reginald.
(d) Ailred.

3. What animal does Godric see in the woods on the way home from Rome?
(a) A bear.
(b) A mountain lion.
(c) A hawk.
(d) A boar.

4. What does Burcwen threaten to do if Godric doesn't let her go with him?
(a) Stalk him anyway.
(b) Sell her livestock.
(c) Burn the house down.
(d) Hang herself.

5. What does Aedwen say has turned Godric's Saxon brain when he tries to tell her of the maid he sees in the woods?
(a) Yellow lettuce.
(b) Romish figs.
(c) Forest mushrooms.
(d) Ventian wine.

6. What does Aedwen give to Godric for his trip when he leaves home?
(a) A fox coat and some dried mushrooms.
(b) A talisman and some flint.
(c) A box of dried figs and a wool scarf.
(d) A sack of berries and a wool cap.

7. Who is the only person who weeps when Godric leaves home?
(a) Aedlward.
(b) Burcwen.
(c) Aedwen.
(d) William.

8. What is the parting gift Burcwen gives to Godric when he leaves home?
(a) Some dried squirrel.
(b) A whittled cross.
(c) A polished river rock.
(d) A leather bag.

9. Where are the pilgrims from who join Godric and Aedwen on their journey home from Rome?
(a) Genoa.
(b) Lisbon.
(c) Dublin.
(d) London.

10. What is the name of the hare that Cuthbert tells Godric about who saved him from hunger once?
(a) Glythwin.
(b) Bronwyn.
(c) Lindesfarne.
(d) Kilbyrne.

11. Where in Rome does Aedlward tell her she needs to pray for him?
(a) St. Helena's cross.
(b) The Confessio.
(c) Peter's tomb.
(d) The Sistine Chapel.

12. What is a name that Burcwen alone calls William?
(a) Friend.
(b) Wilbert.
(c) Blabberwill.
(d) Brother.

13. What does Brurcwen say, sarcastically, that Godric learned in Rome?
(a) Charity.
(b) Fear of God.
(c) Humility.
(d) Patience.

14. Where does the Saint Esprit go down with Roger Mouse?
(a) On the kick of Italy's boot.
(b) On Welsh rocks.
(c) Off Indonesia.
(d) In the Bering Strait.

15. What is the name of the order of monks that Reginald comes from?
(a) Cistercian.
(b) Trappist.
(c) Carthusian.
(d) Durham.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Godric's snake, Tune, sleep?

2. What do the monks give followers that they send to Godric for healing to prove they have been sent by the monks?

3. Where was the crew of the Saint Esprit primarily from?

4. The pictish king is sitting on a rock picking his teeth with the bone of a _____ when Ailred meets him.

5. Who bids Godric farewell when he leaves with Falkes de Granvill?

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