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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Prologue: 1123.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the historical significance of the ship that flounders off Balfour?
(a) King Stephen's heir perishes.
(b) King Henry's only heir perishes in the wreck.
(c) Queen Maud's son is aboard.
(d) King Henry's wife dies in the wreck.

2. What action does the person take who screamed at the prisoner's death?
(a) Takes a lamb and stabs it in the heart
(b) Throws feces at the accusers
(c) Takes a cockerel out of a sack and slices its throat
(d) Grabs the prisoner's dangling feet

3. What reaction do the old women have toward the prisoner?
(a) They feel sorry for him.
(b) They think he is handsome.
(c) They are glad he is about to hang.
(d) They feel he deserves his fate.

4. How do the young maidens feel about the prisoner?
(a) They think he is retarded.
(b) They think he is ugly.
(c) They think he is possessed.
(d) They think he is handsome.

5. What color eyes does the person have that the prisoner stares at in the crowd?
(a) Green as the grass
(b) Blue like the sea
(c) Golden and luminous
(d) Gray and dull

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the older women bring to the marketplace when they go to watch the hanging?

2. What does the condemned man look like?

3. Who catches the thief red-handed with the stolen silver chalice?

4. Why do the townspeople find the whole situation of the hanging strange?

5. What do the young men in the marketplace think is lucky for a condemned man?

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