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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 Aliena tell Jack she is going to do after ten years of living apart?
(a) Ask Waleran to approve the annulment
(b) Leave him
(c) Ask Philip to allow their union
(d) Ask Richard to beseech the king for an annulment

2. What condition does Philip give Jack if he wants to be master builder of the cathedral?
(a) Jack must stay within the budget.
(b) Jack must become a monk.
(c) Jack and Aliena must live apart.
(d) Jack must adopt Jonathan.

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

4. Why is Alfred marrying Aliena?
(a) To hurt Richard
(b) He wants a family
(c) He loves her.
(d) To hurt Jack

5. What does Tom see when he goes to the top wall of the cathedral to save Jonathan?
(a) Jack and Aliena embracing
(b) William Hamleigh and his men approaching
(c) Alfred beating Jack again
(d) Waleran and the bishops approaching

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tells Aliena that Jack has gone to Paris to work on a cathedral?

2. What news does a page bring to William while he is fighting in the civil war between Maud and Stephen?

3. What news does Francis bring to Philip when he arrives at the priory?

4. Who does Aliena ask to help her gain access to Earlcastle?

5. What does Philip respond to William's accusations?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Richard decide to join the Christian crusades fighting in the Holy Land?

4. Describe what happens in Kingsbridge Cathedral on Whitunsday after William is confirmed as the earl of Shiring.

5. Describe the young wife of William Hamleigh.

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. Describe the scene between Jack and Alfred after Alfred tells Jack that his real father was hanged as a thief.

9. What does Aliena decide to do after Alfred throws her out of the house?

10. Summarize the first meeting between Jack and Aliena when Jack finds her reading in the woods.

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