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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are peasants and other citizens doing?
(a) Asking to see the King.
(b) Cheering in front of the castle.
(c) Running for their lives.
(d) Blocking the roads as they flock to the churches, wanting to pray for the appearance of a "beggar king" who, in chains, will lead them into a new age.

2. Why does Anton try to force Sigismund's feet into his boots?
(a) He believes they have to escape.
(b) He is trying to put the royal garments on Sigismund.
(c) The ground is cold.
(d) He does not want the Messenger to steal the boots.

3. How does the Gypsy Girl respond when one of the rebels asks her where Olivier is?
(a) She tells him where Olivier is.
(b) She hits him.
(c) She screams.
(d) She refuses to speak.

4. A rebel named Jeronim tells other rebels that Sigismund's insane-sounding words are proof of what?
(a) How the King and nobility drove him mad and are therefore evil and must be punished.
(b) He should not be their leader.
(c) He is insane.
(d) He is not the King's son.

5. How does the King take the Confessor to mean by his statement regarding executions?
(a) No matter how slight Sigismund's transgression, the King has the right to execute him.
(b) There is hardly anything Sigismund can do to be executed.
(c) No one may be executed.
(d) He must convince others that Sigismund is not of royal blood.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the peasants feel about Sigismund?

2. It is the cause of the shooting that is heard?

3. Of what does Sigismund say Olivier smells?

4. What are the rebels using as their battle cry?

5. What does the King give Julian as a symbol of his authority?

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