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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. Who is suspected of helping Saxon prisoners escape British capture?
(a) Neither of these.
(b) Lot.
(c) Cador.
(d) Both of these.

2. Who is the son of Ban of Benoic?
(a) Morigan.
(b) Akar.
(c) Cei.
(d) Bedwyr.

3. What does Uther reveal to Merlin about his injury?
(a) The injury is not real.
(b) None of these.
(c) The injury has humiliated him and threatened his rule.
(d) The injury has left him impotent.

4. What family does Arthur belong to?
(a) None of these.
(b) The Emrys.
(c) The Pendragons.
(d) The Lothians.

5. Who does Merlin take with him on his journey home?
(a) Maximus.
(b) Franklin.
(c) Stilicho.
(d) Adean.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Merlin meet Arthur for the first time after his birth?

2. Where does Merlin move the enchanted sword?

3. Where is Arthur living when he meets Merlin?

4. Where will Merlin wait to be called to Tintagel?

5. Who does Merlin go in search of once leaving the settlement where his horse is re-shod?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are some of the extraordinary qualities attributed to Merlin? How many, if any, of them are true? What is the truth about Merlin?

2. The spring after Arthur's twelfth birthday brings the rumblings of war to England. What happens?

3. Why does Merlin travel in disguise with the infant Arthur? What disguise does he assume?

4. What saves Merlin and company while they are traveling through the Perilous Forest? How? Does the author lead the reader to believe that this is an ordinary occurrence?

5. Why does Merlin plan to take over the Chapel of the Green himself after the old hermit dies?

6. Merlin asks the messenger to give him all the information he has on the world outside of Merlin's cave. He tells him about the war and the invading Saxons. What significance does this play to the story?

7. What plan do Merlin and Ygraine develop for Arthur after his birth? Why?

8. What does the term "Flood Year" refer to? Why is it important to the story?

9. What question does Bedwyr raise while at the chapel with Arthur and Merlin that others have not asked? How does Arthur respond?

10. What is the significance of the star that shines the night that Arthur is born and the night he leaves the castle?

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