Scroll over the interactive castle to find answers to the questions.

1. The castle drawbridge was almost always made from _________________.

   1.   ?    steel
   2.   ?    iron
   3.   ?    wood
   4.   ?    animal hides

2. The castle gatehouse could be protected with a ____________________, an iron-bound wooden grating.

   1.   ?    drawbridge
   2.   ?    porticullis
   3.   ?    ram
   4.   ?    iron shield

3. Castle moats were sometimes filled with _________________________ to kill or injure attackers.

   1.   ?    alligators
   2.   ?    sharks
   3.   ?    wooden stakes
   4.   ?    metal spikes

4. Early curtain walls were sometimes called ____________________.

   1.   ?    arrow loops
   2.   ?    battlements
   3.   ?    palisades
   4.   ?    ramparts

5. The curtain wall could be _______________ feet thick!

   1.   ?    2
   2.   ?    20
   3.   ?    100
   4.   ?    1,000

6. The areas behind the arrow loops which were cut away at strategic angles for defenders were called ________________________.

   1.   ?    embrasures
   2.   ?    ramparts
   3.   ?    squadrons
   4.   ?    battlements

7. Which of the following was NOT a typical kind of castle tower?

   1.   ?    Open Gorge
   2.   ?    Closed Gorge
   3.   ?    Open Tower
   4.   ?    Closed Tower

8. The castle keep was sometimes called the ________________.

   1.   ?    battle fortress
   2.   ?    donjun
   3.   ?    chapel
   4.   ?    Equestrian

9. Primitive "bathrooms" located in the main living quarters were called _____________.

   1.   ?    toilets
   2.   ?    pigpens
   3.   ?    inner moats
   4.   ?    latrines

10. The solid areas between battlements were called _________________.

    1.   ?    merlons
    2.   ?    ramparts
    3.   ?    staging areas
    4.   ?    crenellations

11. A wall with battlements was said to be __________________.

    1.   ?    protected
    2.   ?    crenellated
    3.   ?    armored
    4.   ?    detached

12. The Barbican was the castle's ___________________ line of defense.

    1.   ?    last
    2.   ?    first
    3.   ?    second
    4.   ?    insignificant