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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. In what year does "Twilight" open?

2. Who arrives to fight Petrus and the German mercenaries?

3. What does Nicholas do to escape suffering from the plague?

4. What two tribes revolt against the Romans in 60 A.D.?

5. Whose daughter marries Porteus?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why must the King of France settle a dispute in England?

2. Why does Port announce that he will give a gold cross to the nunnery?

3. How does Osmund's admission to the mason guild not go as planned.

4. What connection does the carved figure Nooma finds have to the past?

5. After the plague, why do wages rise so high?

6. How does William Shockley get news about situations in places far from home?

7. Why does Dluc tell Krona that they must sacrifice Krona's firstborn?

8. How does the practice of tomb building begin in the region of Stonehenge?

9. Why does the marriage between Porteus and Tosutigus's daughter fail?

10. Why does Nicholas live in the city instead of with his Aunt Agnes at the sheep house?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

List and describe the main religious conflicts mentioned over the course of the novel. Include the approximate years in which the conflicts occurred, the opposing sides, and the outcome of the conflict.

Essay Topic 2

Foreshadowing is an important literary tool. Examine the text for instances of foreshadowing. If instances are present, how do they impact the plot? If there are no instances of foreshadowing, a rare occurrence in a novel, how does the absence of foreshadowing affect the reader's reception of the story?

Essay Topic 3

Who is the author Edward Rutherfurd, and what are some of his other notable works?

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