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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) Queen Maud's son is aboard.
(b) King Henry's wife dies in the wreck.
(c) King Stephen's heir perishes.
(d) King Henry's only heir perishes in the wreck.

2. What do the accusers do as the young man hangs from the noose?
(a) They laugh at the dead man.
(b) They jeer the person who screamed at the prisoner's death.
(c) They turn and ride away.
(d) They stare at the gallows.

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

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

5. What type of death does the prisoner experience when the oxcart is pulled away?
(a) He kicks and fights against the noose.
(b) His neck breaks and death is quick.
(c) He gasps for breath for a long time.
(d) He strangles slowly.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the prisoner react when one of the boys spits in his face?

2. What reaction do the old women have toward the prisoner?

3. Who nudges the sheriff impatiently, wanting to hurry along the hanging?

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

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

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