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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Prior tell Rumon about Merewyn?
(a) That she is of Viking descent.
(b) That she is a witch.
(c) That she is his illigitimate daughter.
(d) That she is descended from royal blood as she claims to be.

2. How does Rumon differentiate the Prior from the other monks?
(a) The Prior is the fattest.
(b) The Prior is the one in deepest prayer.
(c) The Prior introduces himself immediately.
(d) Ruman can't tell the Prior from the other monks.

3. Who manipulates the council into wanting to crown King Edgar's choice?
(a) Archbishop Dunstan.
(b) Prince Edward.
(c) Queen Alfrida.
(d) Rumon.

4. What news does Gunnar bear?
(a) That Alfrida is dying.
(b) That 7 shiploads of Vikings are on their way for plunder.
(c) That he is to be married.
(d) That he is leaving for Norway.

5. At the beginning of Chapter 7, where is Merewyn living?
(a) With Alfrida.
(b) At Glastonbury Abbey.
(c) With her aunt, the Abbess Merwinna at Romsey.
(d) At Uther.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Rumon take the Queen after the King's death?

2. How does Alfrida react to the insistence that Ethelred go to the coronation?

3. What message does Gunner deliver from Edward to Alfrida?

4. Who does the Prior think Rumon is when the Prior first meets him?

5. How old was King Edgar?

(see the answer key)

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