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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: 1135-1136.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the young men in the marketplace think is lucky for a condemned man?
(a) To hang slowly in the hope of being rescued
(b) To break his neck, resulting in a quick death
(c) To have a friend shoot him with an arrow before he hangs
(d) To be forgiven by a priest

2. Who are the three men that ride behind the oxcart that carries the prisoner?
(a) The king, the queen, and the priest
(b) An earl, a prior, and a knight
(c) A monk, the king, and an earl
(d) A knight, a priest, and a monk

3. Who does the prisoner look at while he stands on the gallows?
(a) His mother
(b) A young boy
(c) A girl of about 15 years of age
(d) His father

4. Why does Peter of Wareham become angry with Prior Philip?
(a) Philip tells Peter to be more humble.
(b) Philip forces Peter to fast and pray.
(c) Philip assigns Peter the role of almoner, which requires a lot of travel.
(d) Philip forces Peter to clean the cathedral.

5. What does the thief steal from Tom's family?
(a) A mason's tool
(b) A pig
(c) A loaf of bread
(d) A sack of gold coins

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the ship that sinks after setting sail from England in 1120?

2. What color eyes does the person have that the prisoner stares at in the crowd?

3. How many passengers aboard the sunken ship survive?

4. Who does William Hamleigh almost run down with his powerful war horse?

5. What angers Philip about the monks right after he arrives at his new assignment?

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