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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. Where is Falkes de Granvill a lord?

2. Where is the pictish king from?

3. Godric says his wealth piled up like _____.

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

5. What does Reginald call Godric?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Godric mark the appearance of Spring?

2. How is Godric able to see the future when he sails and how does this foresight evolve?

3. Why does Cuthbert call Godric "the sparrow's friend"?

4. How does Godric describe his own supposed hermit status?

5. What happens after Godric kisses the leper?

6. What is Godric's purpose for going to Farne?

7. How does Falkes de Granvill "mark" Godric when Godric agrees to go into service for him?

8. Why does Godric believe that the hands of Reginald's order of monks are soft?

9. How does Godric question his reasons for deciding to go to Rome with his mother?

10. Describe Ailred's coughing as the Wear threatens to flood its banks.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Godric meet the hermit, Elric? What is Elric's general demeanor? What does Godric learn from and about Elric?

Essay Topic 2

Describe Tom Ball's lecture to Godric on doors. What do doors symbolize? Why does Tom Ball talk to Godric about doors?

Essay Topic 3

Who is Falkes de Granvill? What moral dilemma does Godric experience with Falkes de Granvill's wife, Hedwic? Why does he finally leave the service of Falkes de Granvill?

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