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Quiz about The Fiery Cross Part I In Media Res

"The Fiery Cross" Part I - "In Media Res" Quiz

Ten questions on Part I of "The Fiery Cross".

A multiple-choice quiz by LadyCaitriona. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
LadyCaitriona

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
56,373

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

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Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

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Question 1 of 10

1. Under what charges was Father Donahue arrested? Hint

Stealing bread for a hungry parishioner

Performing a baptism

Conspiring against the Crown

Being a Papist

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Question 2 of 10

2. Who got in a fight with Rosamund over tomato sauce? Hint

Ronnie Sinclaire

Iain Mhor

Josiah Beardsley

Abel MacLennan

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Question 3 of 10

3. Where was the riot? Hint

Fraser's Ridge

New Bern

Hillsborough

Edenton

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Question 4 of 10

4. What is a "thief-taker"? Hint

A criminal

A bailiff

A guard

A bounty hunter

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Question 5 of 10

5. Who was the other physician present at the Gathering, with whom Claire was in competition for patients?

Answer: (First name, last name, or both)

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Question 6 of 10

6. What do Claire and the other physician agree on as the cause of his patient's ailment? Hint

Liver disease

None of these

Excess of humors

Liver disease caused by an excess of humors

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Question 7 of 10

7. Whom does Jamie recruit as a captain for his militia? Hint

Fergus Fraser

Mr. Bug

Josiah Beardsley

Roger MacKenzie

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Question 8 of 10

8. Who married Brianna? Hint

Kenneth Donahue

Abel MacLennan

Josiah Beardsley

David Caldwell

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Question 9 of 10

9. What nickname was given to Roger at the Gathering? Hint

Thrush

False Scot

Pipsqueak

Monkey

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Question 10 of 10

10. What was the first gift to Claire from Mrs. Bacon (given to her by Bacon's granddaughters)? Hint

A kerch

A mobcap

A medicinal herb

A scalpel

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Under what charges was Father Donahue arrested?

Answer: Being a Papist

He was arrested to keep from performing his priestly duties, but Jamie, Claire, Brianna, and Marsali sneak Joan and Jemmy into Lillywhite's tent and get them baptised anyway.

2. Who got in a fight with Rosamund over tomato sauce?

Answer: Ronnie Sinclaire

It was an old superstition that said that tomatoes were poisonous. This was because when pewter bowls were used, the acid from tomatoes mixed with the pewter to create a poisonous substance.

3. Where was the riot?

Answer: Hillsborough

Lieutenant Hayes comes to the Gathering with a declaration from William Tryon that the rioters are to be turned in to him.

4. What is a "thief-taker"?

Answer: A bounty hunter

Harley Boble was the thief-taker that Jamie scared with a poorly-cured sausage.

5. Who was the other physician present at the Gathering, with whom Claire was in competition for patients?

Answer: Murray MacLeod

Claire and Brianna trick him into sterilizing his fleam. He's referred to sometimes as "MacLeod", sometimes as "Murray", and sometimes as "Murray MacLeod".

6. What do Claire and the other physician agree on as the cause of his patient's ailment?

Answer: Liver disease caused by an excess of humors

Claire quasi-relented because there was nothing she could do for him anyway: "I supposed one could consider alcohol a humor, after all; the folk drinking Jamie's whisky last night had evidently found it hilarious." - Claire Fraser.

7. Whom does Jamie recruit as a captain for his militia?

Answer: Roger MacKenzie

He was quite pleased, having wondered why the position of factor, traditionally given to the son (or son-in-law if a son was lacking), had been given to Mr. Bug.

8. Who married Brianna?

Answer: David Caldwell

... The REVEREND David Caldwell married Brianna to Roger. With Father Donahue being under arrest, Roger and Brianna had a Presbyterian wedding, much to the chagrin of Jamie.

9. What nickname was given to Roger at the Gathering?

Answer: Thrush

Because of his beautiful singing voice. "A Smeoraich" in Gaelic.

10. What was the first gift to Claire from Mrs. Bacon (given to her by Bacon's granddaughters)?

Answer: A mobcap

Claire and Grannie Bacon had had an argument over Claire's desire to wear her hair long, Grannie being of the opinion that only "women of low character" were in the habit of doing so.

Source: Author LadyCaitriona

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