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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What reaction do the old women have toward the prisoner?
(a) They feel sorry for him.
(b) They feel he deserves his fate.
(c) They think he is handsome.
(d) They are glad he is about to hang.

2. What type of people live in the homes of the town square?
(a) The poor of the town
(b) Soldiers
(c) Craftsmen and traders
(d) Prostitutes

3. What is the reaction of the young boys toward the prisoner?
(a) They laugh hysterically at him until they fall down.
(b) They think he is a demon.
(c) They think he is strong and brave.
(d) They are afraid of him.

4. 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.

5. Why do the townspeople find the whole situation of the hanging strange?
(a) Hangings usually take place in private.
(b) They find it strange that no one is going to see the hanging.
(c) They don't understand why the condemned man would steal something he couldn't resell.
(d) They are not used to seeing a man hanged.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the historical significance of the ship that flounders off Balfour?

3. What do the accusers do as the young man hangs from the noose?

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

5. How do the young maidens feel about the prisoner?

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