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Вопрос 80

How did the battlements along the top of a castle wall work?

  1. A continuous solid parapet ran the whole length with no openings at all
  2. Raised sections alternated with gaps, giving cover and shooting openingsПравильный ответ
  3. The whole top was left open, with no raised sections anywhere
  4. A projecting gallery hung out beyond the wall face with holes in its floor

Объяснение

The alternation is the whole point: a defender stepped behind a solid upstand for protection, leaned into the neighbouring gap to shoot, and stepped back under cover again. The projecting gallery fails because that is a separate fitting built out over the base of the wall so that defenders could drop things straight down, whereas battlements sit flush along the wall head.

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