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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 reaction of the young boys toward the prisoner?
(a) They think he is strong and brave.
(b) They are afraid of him.
(c) They laugh hysterically at him until they fall down.
(d) They think he is a demon.

2. How does the prisoner react when one of the boys spits in his face?
(a) He ignores the boy.
(b) He tells the boy that he forgives him.
(c) He begins to cry.
(d) He snarls a curse and lunges at the boy.

3. How many passengers aboard the sunken ship survive?
(a) Five
(b) One
(c) Three
(d) Ten

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

5. What is the language the condemned man speaks?
(a) Norman French
(b) German
(c) Gaelic
(d) Latin

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the prisoner do after the noose is placed around his neck?

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

3. Who does the prisoner look at while he stands on the gallows?

4. What is the historical significance of the ship that flounders off Balfour?

5. What are the values of the boys who gather in the marketplace?

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