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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 Edik say to Answelica in Chapter Thirty-six?

2. Chapter Thirty-four starts with which of the following?

3. In Chapter Twenty-six, which of the following reasons does Beatryce note for trusting Answelica?

4. Which of the following does Edik pack to pursue Beatryce?

5. In Chapter Thirty-four, which of the following words does Beatryce use to explain the letter C?

Short Essay Questions

1. What justification does Cannoc give for the fearfulness of the monks?

2. What becomes of Cannoc’s crown?

3. In Chapter Twenty-five, what reason does Cannoc state is right for Beatryce and Jack to be afraid?

4. What does Beatryce’s tutor tell her her father had held as her birthright?

5. What does Edik recall his mother often telling him?

6. What does Edik write in the Chronicles of Sorrowing when he departs the monastery?

7. At the beginning of Chapter Twenty-four, Beatryce recalls a man’s story; what is it?

8. What does Cannoc say of kings and their wants after he brings Beatryce and Jack to his home?

9. Why does Edik note he cannot go backwards?

10. What does Jack recognize as a sign of his desire to learn to read at the beginning of Chapter Thirty-four?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Edik muses on the following question (117): “And shouldn’t home be the place where you are allowed to be yourself, loved as yourself?” What answer to that question does the novel advance, and how does it do so?

Essay Topic 2

Explicate the significance of Ehrengard’s true name.

Essay Topic 3

The effects of trauma on several characters in the novel are clear. How does The Beatryce Prophecy present trauma, and what significance accrues to the presentation?

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