The Pillars of the Earth Quiz | Four Week Quiz A

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The Pillars of the Earth Quiz | Four Week Quiz A

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 128 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: 1135-1136.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Tom Builder's one passion in life?
(a) To be a master builder of a cathedral
(b) To be a master builder of a castle
(c) To design the king's castle
(d) To be an architect

2. What happens to Tom's baby son after his birth?
(a) The baby is too weak to survive.
(b) Tom leaves the baby behind.
(c) The baby dies.
(d) The baby is killed by a wolf.

3. Where do Philip and his brother, Francis grow up after they are orphaned?
(a) In the streets
(b) In an orphanage
(c) In a monastery
(d) In the forest

4. Why does Lord William Hamleigh dismiss Tom and his stonemasons?
(a) William decides to live in his father's castle.
(b) William decides to move to a different town.
(c) William's engagement is broken off.
(d) William finds a cheaper builder.

5. How many passengers aboard the sunken ship survive?
(a) One
(b) Three
(c) Five
(d) Ten

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are the three men that ride behind the oxcart that carries the prisoner?

2. What angers Philip about the monks right after he arrives at his new assignment?

3. Why do the townspeople find the whole situation of the hanging strange?

4. What action does the person take who screamed at the prisoner's death?

5. What do the old women in the crowd conclude about the person at whom the prisoner is looking?

(see the answer key)

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