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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. What does Godric say of his incestuous encounter with Burcwen?

2. Godric feels that he fails Christ as a _____.

3. Perkin says a tomb is like a _____ when Godric trims a slab of rock for his tombstone.

4. Godric believes that sometimes when the sea is calm, a splash, a spewing up of foam, makes clear that _____churn below.

5. The church where Godric meets Elric is rumored to be built from _____.

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Godric's family find out where he is living when their house burns down?

2. How does Elric justify his sparse lifestyle?

3. What impression does King Baldwin have on Godric and Roger Mouse when they first meet him?

4. What happens to Godric as he passes through the Durham gate on his way to Bishop Pudsey's Christmas mass?

5. How does Godric forgive Aedlward for being a distant father?

6. What is Godric's description of Perkin?

7. What does Godric say of faith, hope, and charity? Why does he say this?

8. What happens to Godric at the River Jordan and how does he compare it to the River Wear?

9. How does Godric describe the Wear River and what is its significance to him?

10. What happened fifty years before when Ranulf Flambard brought Cuthbert's bones to Durham?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How do Godric and Roger Mouse make money on the Saint Esprit? How do they use piracy aboard their own ship to further their gains? How does Godric's behavior differ from Roger Mouse's? How does Godric ultimately feel about his actions afterward? Why has he called himself by a different name during his adventures with Roger Mouse?

Essay Topic 2

What happens when Godric's family's house burns down in his absence? How do they evolve as a family together again? What tragedies befall them? Why?

Essay Topic 3

Describe Godric's adventures with Roger Mouse. What impact does Godric's friendship with Roger Mouse have on him? What does he learn about human nature from this relationship?

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