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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 does Gwydion accidentally kill in anger?

2. How will the answer to #106 help Elaine?

3. Lancelet knights Gwydion with the name ________.

4. Who kills Maleagrant to protect Gwenhwyfar?

5. The Goddess says that who should be killed swiftly and not tortured?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are Arthur's knights invigorated when Arthur arrives back at the table?

2. Why was Gwenhwyfar unable to carry a child to term?

3. Why does Lancelet die when he touches the Grail in the chapel into which Morgaine leads him?

4. Why is Gwenhwyfar jealous at the next year's Pentecost?

5. What is the cruel joke that is played on the guests at the great hall's dinner?

6. What is widely known throughout the land, making a mockery of Arthur?

7. What is Morgaine distressed by as she, Uriens, Accolon, and Gwydion meet with Arthur?

8. Who does Morgaine pursue after mistakenly agreeing to marry King Uriens?

9. Who do Arthur and Gwenhwyfar begin to trust as they stay at the deserted Camelot?

10. Who wants Morgaine to help her marry Lancelet?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The Sight seems to take a lot out of the people who use it for a long time. Do you think there is any way to avoid the exhaustion and sickness that comes with using this power? Why or why not? Why would something so helpful cause so much pain? Or is the action that is being performed to blame for the outcome?

Essay Topic 2

Gwenhwyfar's jealousy causes her to change throughout the story. Does this jealously help her in her life or does it harm her? Give an example. As she grows in years, she also becomes more pious in her thinking, yet has an affair. Does her contradictory nature help her or hurt her? Why or why not? Do you sympathize with this character or pity her? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Avalon is a mysterious place that seems to hold as many secrets as it creates. Why do you feel Avalon is shown to be a physical place in this story? Could Avalon have been an idea and still have been effective to the story? Why or why not? Do you think Avalon was a real place to the characters in the story? Why or why not? The magical qualities sometimes make this hard to determine.

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