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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. What item from the animal in Chapter 11 does Dedalus keep?
(a) A footprint in the mud that later dried.
(b) A patch of fur.
(c) A piece of tail.
(d) The beast's spiraled tusks.

2. Who is Lucanus?
(a) Merlyn's sworn enemy.
(b) A woman Merlyn's mother hopes he will marry.
(c) Merlyn's son.
(d) Merlyn's friend and a physician.

3. In what perspective is "The Saxon Shore" written?
(a) Fourth person.
(b) Third person.
(c) Second person.
(d) First person.

4. What do the men do with the wild animal that attacks them in Chapter 11?
(a) Catch it so they can sell it to the circus.
(b) Shoot it so it is injured and will die, but then move on.
(c) Prepare a feast with it.
(d) Kill it out of mercy and then leave it for the other animals.

5. Who is Ambrose?
(a) Merlyn's cousin.
(b) Merlyn's son.
(c) Merlyn's uncle.
(d) Merlyn's stepbrother.

Short Answer Questions

1. For whom do Merlyn and Ambrose plan an elaborate funeral in Chapter 8?

2. Where is Merlyn sleeping with Arthur when Chapter 1 opens?

3. What kind of romantic relationships make Merlyn uncomfortable in the beginning of "The Saxon Shore"?

4. How many days after his stabbing does Merlyn finally leave for Eire?

5. How does Fin react to Merlyn when they first meet?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Merlyn and his men arrive in Eire, how do they decide to proceed north?

2. What happens between Merlyn and Finn when they first meet?

3. How does Merlyn first interpret his dream in which he is flying right before he and his men are supposed to leave for Eire?

4. What happens when Ironhair blocks Merlyn's way in Chapter 6?

5. What do Merlyn and his men realize after they are attacked by, and then kill, the wild boar in Chapter 11?

6. Why does Ambrose decide to stay in Camulod in Chapter 6?

7. What connection does Merlyn realize he has with his captors in Chapter 1?

8. Why does Merlyn come to realize that he was wrong in calling the Outlanders barbarians?

9. How does Merlyn come to realize this his cousin may not have killed his wife?

10. What does Merlyn tell the Council about his return in Chapter 4?

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