Question

You live in a medieval English city, where a bell rings at eight o'clock every evening. This regulation is called the curfew. What are you supposed to do after hearing the bell?

• A. Cover the fire.
• B. Light the fire.
• C. Just hear the bell.
• D. Go inside your respective houses.

Answer 1

The correct option is A Cover the fire.

The people of medieval England had to follow curfew at eight o’clock every night. The term “curfew” literally means “cover the fire”. As the cities of England were small and overcrowded, there were possibilities of outbreak of fire. The curfew regulation was for everyone in the city to extinguish or cover the fire.