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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the favorite event for the young boys who gather in the marketplace?
(a) Watching the king pass by
(b) Cock fighting
(c) Buying treats at the market
(d) Watching a hanging

3. What is the condemned man accused of stealing?
(a) A silver, jeweled chalice from the monastery
(b) A loaf of bread
(c) A knight's sword
(d) A gold relic from the church

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do three men ride behind the prisoner?

2. What is the reaction of the young boys toward the prisoner?

3. What do the young boys of the village admire the most?

4. What are the values of the boys who gather in the marketplace?

5. How many passengers aboard the sunken ship survive?

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