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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who insists that Ethelred go to the coronation?

2. What is the name of Earl Ordgar's daughter?

3. What announcement does Alfrida want to make at dinner that evening after Yuletide?

4. Who does the Prior think Rumon is when the Prior first meets him?

5. What did the monks do when the Vikings attacked?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Merewyn arrives at the Great Hall of Lydford Castle, how does she describe it?

2. What did the monastery behind the small church that is dedicated to St. Petroc look like when Rumon saw it for the first time?

3. On the feast of the Assumption, how does Merewyn describe the Abbey's gardens as she sat in them beside Elfled on the well curb?

4. Why did Alfrida consent to marry Rumon when he asked her again the day after Christmas?

5. How did Rumon decorated his rooms in the Glastonbury Abbey guesthouse during the 2 years he lived there?

6. Describe Rumon's appearance when he first meets Merewyn.

7. What kind of person is Earl Alfhere, Lord of all Mercia, when he is introduced in Chapter 3? What does he look like?

8. How does Dunstan describe the scene that he came upon that led him to take Rumon to Glastonbury Abbey two weeks after the coronation?

9. How does Queen Alfrida look when she arrives in the Great Hall to meet Merewyn and Rumon?

10. Detail Rumon's vision at Tre-Uther.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explore the way that social class and class issues influence the characters and plot of "Avalon." What social classes are represented? To what extent is each class depicted; are all the classes given equal representation? How do the classes in "Avalon" relate to the classes that realistically existed in Medieval England and Iceland?

Essay Topic 2

How does the title of the novel, "Avalon," relate to the novel itself? Is the title descriptive? A statement of the theme? Or something else altogether? Why Did Seton choose the title "Avalon" over other possibilities? Analyze the relationship between title and novel, paying attention to the reasons that the title highlights something that the Seton wants readers to know or come to understand about the novel.

Essay Topic 3

The dove motif appears several times in "Avalon." Why is the dove used in the story? How does it relate to those particular scenes in the novel? How is it important to the overall theme or plot?

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