Sarum: The Novel of England Test | Final Test - Hard

Edward Rutherfurd
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Sarum: The Novel of England Test | Final Test - Hard

Edward Rutherfurd
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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 historic event prevents Napoleon from attempting to invade England?

2. Whom does Jane help overcome alcoholism?

3. Who obtains the seat on the Forty-Eight instead of Michael Shockley?

4. In what year does "The Calm" open?

5. Who purchases the site?

Short Essay Questions

1. What enables Jane, unlike many women of the time, to avoid marriage and work toward her goals?

2. Why does Will go to the cathedral?

3. What path does Adam take to become a soldier?

4. How does Godefroi go about trying to improve his family's financial situation?

5. What other community services does Jane contribute to while she is earning her nursing credentials?

6. Why does Adam believe that the American rebels will ultimately prevail against the British?

7. What sort of religious duplicity does Edward Shockley enact?

8. How did Peter Wilson go from being a smuggler to a sailor in the British Navy?

9. How is Stonehenge at one time private property and later property of the British government?

10. Why does a visit from Canon Nicodemus result in Ralph staying at the doctor's house?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Covering thousands of years, the novel mentions many specific historical events. Does the huge scope of the novel in terms of centuries and millennia make the human enacted events such as wars seem more or less significant?

Essay Topic 2

Briefly explain the most significant political upheavals mentioned in the chapter "New World."

Essay Topic 3

The novel Sarum presents several themes. Pick one of the ongoing themes of the novel and discuss how it is portrayed throughout the story.

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