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What is the speaker referring to when mentioning 'the Shambles' Gate'?
What is the speaker referring to when mentioning 'the Shambles' Gate'?
- A place near the scaffold where the speaker stands
- A spot where people are gathered for an event (correct)
- A place where friends keep the sun
- A location with the best sight of house-tops
What does the speaker feel has happened to his forehead as he enters a certain place?
What does the speaker feel has happened to his forehead as he enters a certain place?
- It is wet from the rain
- It is bleeding due to being hit by stones (correct)
- It is aching from the weight of the sun
- It is cut by a rope behind him
Why do people gather at the scaffold's foot according to the speaker?
Why do people gather at the scaffold's foot according to the speaker?
- To ask the speaker for forgiveness
- To meet loved ones
- To witness a triumph (correct)
- To enjoy a view of church spires
What does the speaker believe God will do instead of questioning him about what he owes?
What does the speaker believe God will do instead of questioning him about what he owes?
Why does the speaker mention that 'There's nobody on the house-tops now'?
Why does the speaker mention that 'There's nobody on the house-tops now'?
What does 'The air broke into a mist with bells' suggest?
What does 'The air broke into a mist with bells' suggest?
What is meant by 'It was roses, roses, all the way' at the beginning of the text?
What is meant by 'It was roses, roses, all the way' at the beginning of the text?
What does the speaker regret doing in stanza III?
What does the speaker regret doing in stanza III?
Why does the speaker mention a rope cutting both his wrists behind in stanza V?
Why does the speaker mention a rope cutting both his wrists behind in stanza V?
What does the speaker mean by 'Just a palsied few at the windows set' in stanza IV?
What does the speaker mean by 'Just a palsied few at the windows set' in stanza IV?
In stanza II, what did the crowd ask the speaker after he requested their sun from yonder skies?
In stanza II, what did the crowd ask the speaker after he requested their sun from yonder skies?
What is suggested by 'The house-roofs seemed to heave and sway' in the text?
What is suggested by 'The house-roofs seemed to heave and sway' in the text?
Why does the speaker mention, 'For the best of the sight is, all allow, At the Shambles' Gate' in stanza IV?
Why does the speaker mention, 'For the best of the sight is, all allow, At the Shambles' Gate' in stanza IV?
'I am safer so.' at the end of the text implies that:
'I am safer so.' at the end of the text implies that:
