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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Prologue: 1123.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What do the old women in the crowd conclude about the person at whom the prisoner is looking?
(a) He is the prisoner's brother.
(b) She is pregnant.
(c) He is old and weary.
(d) She is about to die.

3. What is the historical significance of the ship that flounders off Balfour?
(a) King Henry's wife dies in the wreck.
(b) King Stephen's heir perishes.
(c) Queen Maud's son is aboard.
(d) King Henry's only heir perishes in the wreck.

4. Why do three men ride behind the prisoner?
(a) They are his accusers.
(b) They recite the prisoner's crime.
(c) They mock the prisoner publicly.
(d) They try to keep order.

5. How do the young maidens feel about the prisoner?
(a) They think he is handsome.
(b) They think he is retarded.
(c) They think he is ugly.
(d) They think he is possessed.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why do the townspeople find the whole situation of the hanging strange?

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

4. Why are the boys terrified at the moment of the prisoner's death?

5. What does the condemned man look like?

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