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Inside Your Reading Guide

Part One

Part Two

Part Three

Part Four

Part Five

Part Six
TAKE THE THE PILLARS OF THE EARTH PART SIX QUIZ

How well do you remember Part Six? Take this quiz to find out!
1. What makes Waleran think Jonathan is Philip's son?
a. Philip brought him to Kingsbridge as a baby.
b. Jonathan is too young to be a sub-prior.
c. Philip raises Jonathan as if he were his own.
d. All of the above.
2. What does Jonathan pledge to do in honor of his mother when he becomes prior?
a. He will build a chapel and a hostel where she is buried.
b. He will give her a proper burial.
c. He will pray for her soul at a special Mass.
d. He will bury Tom Builder next to her
3. To whom did Prior James confess his role in Jack Shareburg's death before he died?
a. Waleran
b. Peter of Wareham
c. Remigius
d. Cuthbert
4. What is preventing King Henry and Archbishop Thomas Becket from making peace?
a. A dispute over land
b. King Henry's foreign policy
c. Funds for a new cathedral
d. A kiss
5. Who does Archbishop Thomas Becket nominate to become Bishop of Kingsbridge?
a. Philip
b. Waleran
c. Remigius
d. Peter of Wareham
6. What does Waleran promise William if he leads the attack on Archbishop Thomas Becket?
a. A higher position
b. A financial reward
c. Absolution
d. A bigger church to honor his mother
7. What does Philip carry from town to town after Thomas Becket's death?
a. The archbishop's cross
b. The sword that killed him
c. A vial of his blood
d. A campaign to punish William Hamleigh
8. How does Richard die?
a. In battle overseas
b. He contracts a rare disease.
c. He is hanged.
d. In an earthquake
9. Who is the new earl of Shiring?
a. Jack
b. Aliena
c. Tommy
d. Sally
10. Who confesses his sins to Philip in the final scene of the book?
a. King Henry
b. Waleran
c. William
d. Peter of Warehams