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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 do the masons decide should happen as a result of the fight between Jack and Alfred?
(a) Alfred and Jack must repair the cathedral wall.
(b) Either Alfred or Jack must leave.
(c) Alfred must leave.
(d) Jack must leave.

2. What happens at the church service in Kingsbridge Cathedral on Whitsunsday?
(a) Prior Philip is named Archbishop.
(b) The bishops are impressed with the gorgeous cathedral.
(c) The stone ceiling collapses on the congregation.
(d) Richard is named as Earl of Shiring.

3. How does William plan to get more money for Shiring?
(a) Selling the castle silver pieces
(b) Starting a wool market
(c) Selling farmland
(d) Raping and pillaging the villagers

4. What is the result of the fight between Alfred and Jack?
(a) Alfred's hand is broken.
(b) Tom is injured.
(c) A wall of the cathedral is seriously damaged.
(d) Ellen is hurt in the fight.

5. What is Aliena's reaction when Jack tells her he hired Alfred?
(a) She is delighted.
(b) She is indifferent.
(c) She calls him a fool.
(d) She is scared.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Richard's position in Kingsbridge?

2. Of what does William accuse Prior Philip?

3. How does the master builder of William's church find masons to hire?

4. What does Philip model the plans for a new town after?

5. When William asks King Stephen for the earldom, who is also there saying he should be the earl?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the aftereffects of William's attack on Kingsbridge on the citizens of the town?

2. What does Aliena teach Elizabeth when they meet each other when seeking shelter from a storm?

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

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

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

6. Why is Jack angry with the conditions Philip gives him in order for him to be master builder of Kingsbridge cathedral?

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. Describe Aliena's plan to get Shiring back for Richard.

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

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