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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who summons Godric to Christmas mass at Durham?
(a) Bishop Flambard.
(b) Bishop Pudsey.
(c) Ailred.
(d) Reginald.

2. What does Reginald hold to Godric's lips to see if he is still alive?
(a) A mirror.
(b) An onion.
(c) A feather.
(d) A cup.

3. Whose bones have supposedly been carted to Durham?
(a) Cuthbert's.
(b) Peter the Great's.
(c) Caesar's.
(d) Saint Agnes's.

4. Perkin says a tomb is like a _____ when Godric trims a slab of rock for his tombstone.
(a) Shirt.
(b) Veil.
(c) Story.
(d) Door.

5. What does Godric want God to anoint so that he may be a better person for Burcwen?
(a) His ears.
(b) His heart.
(c) His head.
(d) His eyes.

6. What does Godric say that prayer is?
(a) Solace from tyranny.
(b) A good way to exercise the tongue.
(c) Connection to God.
(d) Shooting shafts in the dark.

7. Who does Goric ask to teach him how to pray?
(a) Jesu.
(b) Mary.
(c) Ailred.
(d) Gillian.

8. Aedwen, in one of her sick stupors, thinks she remembers that the pilgrim Maud had an _____.
(a) Awful singing voice.
(b) Elicit affair.
(c) Ivory spoon.
(d) Emerald brooch.

9. What is Hedwic doing in her chamber when Godric passes as he is leaving the service of Falkes de Granvill?
(a) Eating.
(b) Singing.
(c) Weeping.
(d) Cleaning.

10. Working for Falkes de Granvill, Godric feels that he is working his own _____.
(a) Sanctity.
(b) Ground.
(c) Damnation.
(d) Angle.

11. How many seas does Godric say he has sailed in his mind?
(a) Ten times ten.
(b) Seven times seven.
(c) One only.
(d) Twenty.

12. Where did Jesu walk barefoot to that causes Godric to walk barefoot for the rest of his life?
(a) Calvary.
(b) Irbid.
(c) Gaza.
(d) Tel Aviv.

13. What does "Flambard" mean in Norman?
(a) Swelling.
(b) Worthy of honor.
(c) Knight or captain.
(d) Flame or torch.

14. What happens to the man who steals sixteen eggs from Falkes de Granvill?
(a) He is pardoned.
(b) He is hanged.
(c) He is sentenced to the dungeon.
(d) He is drawn and quartered.

15. Who suggests that Godric come to Durham with him and go to school?
(a) Perkin.
(b) Samuel.
(c) Gilbert.
(d) Jonathan.

Short Answer Questions

1. Like Jacob, Godric considers his _____ to be a stone.

2. The church where Goric meets Elric is near _____.

3. What does Godric say that life is as he describes the rich and poor that he has known?

4. What is the name of the school where Godric finally learns his letters?

5. Whose throat does Godric slit for martyr's blood when Peregrine Small's runs out?

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