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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. What does Guinevere make a pillow for Arthur out of?

2. What does Derfel use to kill Aelle?

3. What is required of a Saxon to die with honor?

4. What does Gwydre name his son?

5. What does Derfel find when he returns to Dun Caric?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Ceinwyn sick, and how is Derfel supposed to cure her?

2. What does Olwen try to get Derfel to do as she takes him to Nimue?

3. What are the main reasons that Mordred planned his attack against Arthur?

4. What is the last enchantment?

5. What was the mortal wound Arthur receives?

6. What causes the forces of Nimue and Mordred to break up?

7. What does Nimue do when Excalibur is gone?

8. What deformity of the narrator is revealed at the beginning of Part 3?

9. What are some of Taliesin's talents?

10. How does Derfel choose to kill Lancelot, and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Derfel lose his hand, and how does this affect the course of the plot?

Essay Topic 2

Arthur endures many different trials before the end of the book. What are some of these trials and what lessons does he learn through these experiences?

Essay Topic 3

Merlin and his Druid followers present a very interesting and unique philosophy on life. What is this philosophy, and how does this different idealism affect the people around him?

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