Wasn't the "first I must make sure it is really you, so answer me three questions" copy protection introduced only in Ultima VI and later? It's used only once anyway and you should have received a text file with the answers from GOG, so there is no need for an extra monitor.

The game also uses the manual to explain most of the game world, but that's in big parts also due to the limits of floppy discs of the time. Personally, I only read through the History of Britannia book once, a lot of it is just for fluff anyway.