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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: 1136 - 1137.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do Richard and Aliena escape the castle?
(a) In an oxcart
(b) Through a tunnel
(c) On war horses
(d) On foot

2. What does the prisoner do after the noose is placed around his neck?
(a) He begins to beg for mercy.
(b) He begins to scream.
(c) He starts to sing.
(d) He begins to cry.

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

4. What do Tom and Agnes do when they locate the thief that robbed them
(a) They wrestle him to the ground and he returns what he had stolen.
(b) They have the sheriff arrest him.
(c) They follow him and Tom kills him in a struggle.
(d) They run away from him.

5. What does Aliena buy to start up her wool business?
(a) Three sheep and a sheep dog
(b) Two ewes and one ram
(c) A cart, fleeces, and an old horse
(d) A flock of sheep

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Aliena and Richard find the money their father had left them?

2. What does King Stephen decide about the ownership of the Shiring quarry?

3. What does Prior Philip have the monks do when they go to the quarry?

4. Where does Waleran Bigod set up a meeting with Prior Philip?

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

(see the answer key)

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