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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 question does Tom ask Ellen after staying with her for a time?
(a) Will she marry him?
(b) Can she take care of his family while he goes to find work?
(c) Can his family stay with her?
(d) What can he do to help her?

2. What is Prior Philip's biggest problem at his small monastery?
(a) William Hamleigh
(b) Francis
(c) Peter of Wareham
(d) Archdeacon Waleran

3. What is the language the condemned man speaks?
(a) Gaelic
(b) Latin
(c) German
(d) Norman French

4. What do the young men in the marketplace think is lucky for a condemned man?
(a) To hang slowly in the hope of being rescued
(b) To break his neck, resulting in a quick death
(c) To be forgiven by a priest
(d) To have a friend shoot him with an arrow before he hangs

5. Who comes out of the forest to help Martha when she is hit on the head by a robber?
(a) William Hamleigh
(b) Aliena
(c) Ellen and her son, Jack
(d) Prior Philip

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Philip go to see the Bishop of Kingsbridge after talking to his brother, Francis?

2. What has Tom Builder been hired to build for the earl's daughter and her fiancée?

3. What do the young boys of the village admire the most?

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

5. Why does Lord William Hamleigh dismiss Tom and his stonemasons?

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