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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3, The Saxon Shore: Chapters 19-23.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How have the people of Eire taken care of Arthur during Merlyn's absence?
(a) Some have been really nice but most have been pretty mean.
(b) Very well.
(c) They have only done the minimum required to keep him alive.
(d) Very badly.

2. For whom do Merlyn and Ambrose plan an elaborate funeral in Chapter 8?
(a) Donuil.
(b) Merlyn's aunt.
(c) Arthur's wet nurse.
(d) Popilius.

3. What does the wild animal that interrupts the beginning of the cavalry show do first?
(a) Stand up straight and scare everyone to pieces.
(b) Kill a man.
(c) Attack the crowds.
(d) Eat a baby.

4. What does Merlyn tell Ambrose about his ascent to power in Chapter 7?
(a) That he must cede the thrown to Arthur.
(b) That he will be second-in-command as soon as he is ready.
(c) That he is King now even though he doesn't want it.
(d) That it is time to move from a monarchy to a democracy.

5. When does Merlyn tell Ambrose that Arthur could become High King?
(a) When they are both drunk, which was a mistake.
(b) All of these answers are correct.
(c) When they are examining Excalibur.
(d) When they are deep in the woods, where no one can hear.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Merlyn react when teased by Lucanus about his attraction to Ludmilla?

2. Why does Sheelagh ask Merlyn's opinion of Donuil?

3. How does Athol come to accept Merlyn at the conclusion of Chapter 13?

4. Who sends a group of men to attack Merlyn and his group at the end of Chapter 10?

5. What wild animal attacks the group in Chapter 11?

(see the answer key)

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