Robin Hood Prologue - Chapter 1

Question 1

here and there

Answer 1

hither and thither

Question 2

burdened

Answer 2

downtrodden

Question 3

servants

Answer 3

retainers

Question 4

hither and thither

Answer 4

here and there

Question 5

downtrodden

Answer 5

burdened

Question 6

retainers

Answer 6

servants

Question 7

county in England where Sherwood Forest is located and where many of Robin’s adventures happen

Answer 7

Nottinghamshire

Question 8

Robin Hood

Answer 8

Robin Fitzooth

Question 9

household manager

Answer 9

steward

Question 10

pierced

Answer 10

transfixed

Question 11

treasure chests

Answer 11

coffers

Question 12

steward

Answer 12

household manager

Question 13

transfixed

Answer 13

pierced

Question 14

coffers

Answer 14

treasure chests

Question 15

a man who is head of a monastery

Answer 15

abbot

Question 16

a member of the church clergy who has authority over a group of local churches

Answer 16

bishop

Question 17

rightful king of England who is often away fighting crusades

Answer 17

King Richard I

Question 18

Richard’s evil brother who rules in his place when he is away at war

Answer 18

Prince JOhn

Question 19

a religious pilgrim who carries a palm as a token of his visit to the Holy Land

Question 20

a servant in the lowest feudal class who works under a lord

Answer 20

serf

Question 21

middle-class man who freely owns and farms land

Answer 21

yeoman

Question 22

“Let me come with you and serve your noble master too. I know I am but twelve years old - but sorrow brings us quickly to manhood…”

Who said this?

Answer 22

Much the Miller’s son

Question 23

“Let me come with you and serve your noble master too. I know I am but twelve years old - but sorrow brings us quickly to manhood…”

To whom was the speaker speaking?

Answer 23

Will Scarlet

Question 24

“Let me come with you and serve your noble master too. I know I am but twelve years old - but sorrow brings us quickly to manhood…”

Who is the noble master that the speker wants to serve?

Answer 24

Robin Hood

Question 25

“Let me come with you and serve your noble master too. I know I am but twelve years old - but sorrow brings us quickly to manhood…”

What is the sorrow that is spoken of?

Answer 25

The boy’s father has been killed

Question 26

Much the Miller was killed by whom?

Answer 26

Worman

Question 27

Will Scarlet thinks Much’s death is strange because he was shot with an arrow from where?

Answer 27

Locksley Hall

Question 28

“…the way to find contentment and security for the country was by justice and not by cruelty.”

Who thought this?

Answer 28

William Fitzooth

Question 29

“…the way to find contentment and security for the country was by justice and not by cruelty.”

What is the country that is spoken of?

Answer 29

England

Question 30

“…the way to find contentment and security for the country was by justice and not by cruelty.”

Why is there no contentment in that country?

Answer 30

There is ongoing anger and hatred between the Normans and the Saxons.

Question 31

After invading England in 1066, the Normans treated these people as slaves.

Answer 31

Saxons