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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Tom give to Jack that no other man could give?
(a) A loving brother
(b) His wedding ring
(c) The cathedral
(d) His mason's tools

2. Who does Jack find dead in the street?
(a) Tom
(b) A priest
(c) Francis
(d) A young girl

3. Why does Alfred go to Aliena's home?
(a) To beg her for money
(b) To kill her
(c) To ask her to come back to him
(d) To laugh in her face

4. Why are Prior Philip and the townspeople of Kingsbridge devastated?
(a) The town is in ruins.
(b) The bishop cannot come to visit.
(c) The market cannot be opened again.
(d) The monastery burned down.

5. Who does Prior Philip and Richard go to see about obtaining a market license?
(a) Waleran
(b) Francis
(c) King Stephen
(d) Maud

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jack realize will stabilize the cracks in the cathedral?

2. What does Alfred reveal to Jack that infuriates him?

3. What does Waleran tell William would be an ideal insult to Philip?

4. What does Aliena suggest Richard should do with the bandits?

5. What is the result of the fight between Alfred and Jack?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does William Hamleigh decide to do in order to increase the wealth of Shiring when he takes control after his father's death?

2. Why does Jack invent an ingenious cloth felter for Aliena?

3. What does Waleran tell William he should do in order to earn more money for the earldom?

4. What happens when Jack and Aliena bring the Weeping Madonna, which was a gift from Jack's friend, Raschid, to Kingsbridge?

5. How is William's mismanagement of Shiring evident throughout the countryside?

6. What are the consequences for Prior Philip when Maud's men defeat King Stephen?

7. Why does Alfred force Aliena to sleep on the floor at the foot of the bed?

8. What are the changes Alfred proposes for the cathedral when Philip names him as master builder?

9. What is Aliena's idea involving the starving outlaws who attack Kingsbridge in the search for food?

10. Summarize what takes place when William Hamleigh and his men attack the Kingsbridge market.

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