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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: The Broken War, pgs. 139-195.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many parchments could be filled with the names of the dead that Derfel remembers?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 1.

2. How many days do Derfel, Merlin, and the others hide from the Bloodshields in a mound made by the Old People?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 7.
(d) 8.

3. Who does Arthur want to lead Derfel's men when they go to their next assignment after the battle in Part I?
(a) Sagramor.
(b) Lancelot.
(c) Galahad.
(d) Issa.

4. Over what shrine is Bishop Sansum guardian?
(a) Holy Shroud.
(b) Holy Church.
(c) Holy Cross.
(d) Holy Thorn.

5. How are the bodies of those who had been killed at Lugg Vale mutilated?
(a) One foot is chopped off.
(b) The eyes are gouged out.
(c) One hand is chopped off.
(d) One leg is chopped off.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does Derfel estimate that the battle took between the Britons and the Saxons?

2. Whom does Arthur want the Princess of Powys to marry?

3. Who is Lancelot's mother?

4. How many men does Cerdic have when he comes to the battlefield where the Britons defeat Aelle?

5. Whom does Arthur wish to give Siluria to?

(see the answer key)

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