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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. Who nudges the sheriff impatiently, wanting to hurry along the hanging?
(a) The knight
(b) The priest
(c) The king
(d) The bailiff

2. What horrifies Philip when he first sees Kingsbridge?
(a) The collapsed cathedral
(b) Cruelty and torture
(c) Poverty
(d) Ruin and disrepair

3. 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 think he is a demon.
(d) They laugh hysterically at him until they fall down.

4. Who catches the thief red-handed with the stolen silver chalice?
(a) A parishioner
(b) A priest
(c) A man-at-arms
(d) A deacon

5. Why are the boys terrified at the moment of the prisoner's death?
(a) The prisoner's dead eyes stare at them.
(b) Their fathers come to take them home.
(c) The person the prisoner was staring at drops to the ground, uttering a curse.
(d) Their mothers chase them with switches.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is one of the first things Philip does in his new priory?

3. Where is Tom's third child born?

4. How does Tom get hired to make repairs on Kingsbridge Cathedral?

5. What type of death does the prisoner experience when the oxcart is pulled away?

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