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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is the castle at Rheged in turmoil?
(a) Arthur has disbanded their army.
(b) An enemy army is approaching.
(c) A storm has ruined all of the crops.
(d) Queen Morgan's lover was killed by Arthur.

2. Who falls in love with Morgause?
(a) Knight Lamorak, her appointed guard.
(b) Mordred is finally wooed by his own mother.
(c) Arthur falls in love with her again.
(d) Bedwyr.

3. What rumor do Brude and Sula discuss as the book begins?
(a) Arthur's demise.
(b) The change in Mordred's appearance.
(c) The Queen's lies to them about Mordred's temperament.
(d) Merlin's death.

4. What will the two men try to live with and forget?
(a) Queen Guinevere.
(b) The Orkney princes' unruliness.
(c) Morgause's manipulations.
(d) Merlin's prophecy.

5. What stops Arthur and King Urbgen from causing Queen Morgan harm?
(a) The information she has against Arthur.
(b) Her magical powers.
(c) She is extremely threatening.
(d) He sexual prowess.

6. What does Mordred notice about his mother's new home?
(a) Her convent is very far away.
(b) Parts of the building might collapse.
(c) She has hidden expensive furnishings for her son's visits.
(d) It is an awful dwelling.

7. What is interesting about Mordred's new status?
(a) It is very clear he will become king one day.
(b) He will be made a knight.
(c) He is of a higher rank that his half brothers now.
(d) It is still just as vague as his previous status.

8. What does Morgause plan to bring to her half brother?
(a) Money.
(b) Jewels.
(c) A baby.
(d) Gifts.

9. How does Queen Morguase plan to use Mordred once she meets him?
(a) She will use him to regain access to Arthur.
(b) Have him become a servant.
(c) She wants him to be a teacher so he can teach the people of the village.
(d) To love him as a son.

10. When attempting to visit Sula and Brude, what does Mordred witness?
(a) Their house has caught on fire and they are surely dead.
(b) They have died of disease.
(c) They have left him to live somewhere else.
(d) Sula was killed by Brude.

11. Why does Mordred kill Gabran?
(a) He learns Gabran set his foster parents' house on fire.
(b) Gabran insults Arthur.
(c) Gabran insults his mother.
(d) He tried to kill Arthur.

12. When Mordred decides to fight the twins for a place to sleep, what does he earn?
(a) Their respect.
(b) Resentment.
(c) Trouble.
(d) Their respect and resentment.

13. What do Chapters 8-9 foreshadow?
(a) The chapters show Morgause getting closer to her son.
(b) Mordred's death.
(c) Merlin's evilness.
(d) The chapters are heavy with impending change.

14. What is Mordred surprised to see in Chapter 13?
(a) How ugly Camelot is.
(b) To see how much he looks like Arthur.
(c) To see the High King come unaccompanied.
(d) How many soldiers Arthur has.

15. In Book II, Chapter 1, when are the boys allowed to visit their mother?
(a) March.
(b) January.
(c) February.
(d) April.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Mordred brought after he kills Gabran?

2. Who does Morgause realize that Arthur wants?

3. Who sends Gawain to bring Mordred back to the castle to be thanked?

4. As the illegitimate son of King Lot, what did Mordred think he was entitled to?

5. Instead of King Arthur, what other name does Arthur go by?

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