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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is claimed and sealed for Scotland in 1314?
(a) Independence.
(b) Economic prosperity.
(c) Stirling Castle.
(d) Freedom from Germany.

2. What is a croft?
(a) Farm.
(b) Fishing boat.
(c) Carving skills.
(d) Group of bairns.

3. What will the Bishop drink after his choppy steamer crosses from Aberdeen?
(a) Old Orkney whiskey.
(b) Vagabond's mix.
(c) Hot milk.
(d) Ice tea.

4. How does the lord of Norday greet the ragged Norweigan sailors?
(a) Locks them in the broch.
(b) Offers hospitality for one night.
(c) Brings them into the community as husbands.
(d) Kills them all with arrows.

5. Who is the poorest man in Norday?
(a) Jimmo Greenay.
(b) Willum Holm.
(c) Laird Harcourt.
(d) Matthew Ragnarson.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the greatest English sage of the 18th century say, according to chapter 6?

2. In the 1930s what does the broch on Norday Island look like?

3. What does "The Song of the Broch" promise?

4. What job does Jock Seatter do in Norday?

5. What is the primary image of "The Song of the Broch?"

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