Rolle's Theorem and error bound formula for trapezoidal rule

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In these notes on error bounds for numerical integration, it shows proofs for the error bound formula for the midpoint rule and the trapezoidal rule.

I don't understand the last part (page 5-6) for the trapezoidal rule.

  1. What's the point of using Rolle's theorem?

  2. Why does he suddenly use a $G(x)$ function with that "$q(...)$" ?

  3. More specifically, what's the goal of using $G''(x) = 0\,$?

https://www.macmillanlearning.com/studentresources/highschool/mathematics/rogawskiapet2e/additional_proofs/error_bounds_proof_for_numerical_integration.pdf