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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the Norday villagers use to attack from the broch?
(a) Stones and arrows.
(b) Silence and hunger.
(c) Muskets and rifles.
(d) Hot water and long whips.

2. According to author Brown, what does the real self seek?
(a) True treasure, the grail.
(b) Understanding.
(c) Fame and fortune.
(d) Heaven.

3. What does the greatest English sage of the 18th century say, according to chapter 6?
(a) A writer will be born regardless of man's will.
(b) All things end in dust.
(c) There is no truth in fiction.
(d) Every man has a book in him.

4. What job does Jock Seatter do in Norday?
(a) Lobsterman.
(b) Blacksmith.
(c) Beachcomber.
(d) Politician.

5. What is a sign that the broch is being neglected?
(a) A stone falls during a winter tempest.
(b) The entire castle collapses.
(c) The well dries up.
(d) The door rots and falls away.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is King Robert's palace named Holyrood?

2. What does the knight carry with him to his destination in Chapter 2?

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

4. What do the Sea King sailors carry as weapons from ship to shore?

5. Who is the poorest man in Norday?

(see the answer key)

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