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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 "The Castle" open?

2. Whose camp do Hwll and his family encounter?

3. How long after the opening chapter does "The Barrow" begin?

4. How long have the Roman legions been gone by the time "Twilight" opens?

5. Porteus wants to use his money ______________.

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the political troubles between the king and the knights begin?

2. Why does Petrus's father have Petrus imprisoned?

3. How does the river play a part in the beginning of the affair between Katesh and Tark?

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

5. How does the king raising taxes on Jews affect Godefroi and Shockley's loan?

6. Why are so many young women sacrificed while Krona grieves over the loss of his wife and child?

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

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

9. What is the source of the disagreement between Petrus and his father early in the chapter?

10. What religious secret does Petrus conceal?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the tone of the novel Sarum. Does the tone remain consistent throughout the novel, or does it change from chapter to chapter? What effect does the tone have on the story?

Essay Topic 2

The chapter beginning in the year 1244 is titled "The Foundling." Why does the chapter have this title, and how is this a fitting title?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the narrator's use of language in the novel Sarum. Is the language elevated to the poetic or is it the everyday language of people of Sarum in their various times in history? Do you find it equally easy to understand characters' language regardless of their time in history?

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