And that was why David was his favorite. Except that really, as a teacher, he ought to remain objective and not have favorites, and it was only the first day of class. Still, any reasonably clever kid would do well to pick the boy as a partner for this, since he already had all the answers.

"That too! It also paints an interesting picture of the time period, specifically about the church and all the weird little things that were going on inside of it. There was a lot of questioning of the authority of the Catholic church going on at the time, and there are a number of different viewpoints expressed through the numerous characters. Which is a big thing, since really, you didn't question the Church back at that time, you just kind of sat back and took it."

"But we don't have to worry about that for a while yet, since we have to get through the prologue first, which is like thirty pages by itself. So pair up, read the prologue, and pick out which characters we'll be hearing stories from!"