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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Guinevere's father, Leodegan, die?
(a) From the plague.
(b) From a festering wound.
(c) In battle.
(d) He is assassinated.

2. Which of Derfel's men has the best eyesight?
(a) Eachern.
(b) Cavan.
(c) Pyrlig.
(d) Issa.

3. How old is King Mark when he marries Iseult?
(a) About 70.
(b) About 40.
(c) Almost 60.
(d) Nearly 50.

4. Who finds Derfel while he is sleeping watching the Sea Palace?
(a) Gwydre.
(b) Guinevere.
(c) Gwenhwyvach.
(d) One of Lancelot's guards.

5. How many times has Ceinwyn given birth by the time Mordred is 12?
(a) 5 times.
(b) 4 times.
(c) 3 times.
(d) 2 times.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color hair does Iseult have?

2. What image used to be on Cadoc's shield?

3. Who gives Tristan and Iseult refuge when they become fugitives from King Mark?

4. Who is the official chief councilor of the king in the days after the oaths of the Brotherhood of Britain?

5. How many knives are on the table at Imbolc, the great feast of the cold season?

Short Essay Questions

1. What message does Bors, Lancelot's champion, deliver to Arthur?

2. How does Bishop Sansum get rid of the last traces of disgrace he has earned when he once conspired against Arthur?

3. What are some of the good things that happen in the summer of 495 C.E.?

4. When Arthur is at Glevum with Cuneglas, Culhwch, and Derfel, what does he tell the men that he wants?

5. What does the law allow if a king is unfit to rule?

6. How do Merlin's predictions about Guinevere come true?

7. Who pays for the songs that the bards sing about Tristan and Iseult, and why?

8. What does Morgan say happened the night that the tor was destroyed by fire?

9. What does Bishop Cadoc look like?

10. Where do Derfel and his family go to live after Mordred becomes king?

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