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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to make the Council want to crown King Edgar's choice to succeed him?
(a) A miracle.
(b) The Queen.
(c) Their love for King Edgar.
(d) They see that Edward is the best choice.

2. What is the name of Earl Ordgar's daughter?
(a) Arles.
(b) Ordgara.
(c) Eneda.
(d) Alfrida.

3. How old was King Edgar?
(a) 31.
(b) 23.
(c) 59.
(d) 40.

4. What does Merewyn hope her prayers will accomplish?
(a) They will help her find her way back home.
(b) They will reveal her true love.
(c) They will cure her of her ailments.
(d) They will help her ailing mother

5. What is Dunstan suggesting to Rumon after his stay at Glastonbury Abbey?
(a) That Rumon leave the Queen alone.
(b) That Rumon go back to France.
(c) That Rumon return to Court.
(d) That Rumon find someone to marry.

6. What announcement does Alfrida want to make at dinner that evening after Yuletide?
(a) That she is leaving for the convent the following day.
(b) Her engagement to Rumon.
(c) Her love for Edward.
(d) Her pregnancy.

7. The novel follows the history of England's raids by whom?
(a) The Normans.
(b) The Saxons.
(c) The Celts.
(d) The Vikings.

8. What does Breaca of Uther tell Rumon about the monks?
(a) That she is in love with one of the friars.
(b) That they are the holiest of men.
(c) That they are useless.
(d) That her son lives with them.

9. How does Alfrida react to the insistence that Ethelred go to the coronation?
(a) She runs away.
(b) She hits Alfhere in the face with all her might.
(c) She locks herself in her Bower.
(d) She breaks down and sobs.

10. What is mixed into Rumon's draught?
(a) Arsenic.
(b) Rat poison.
(c) Nightshade.
(d) Hemlock.

11. What does Rumon's vision convince him of?
(a) That he is on the path of his quest.
(b) That he is making a mistake.
(c) That he should enter the monastery.
(d) That he will one day be King.

12. What does Alfrida do when she realizes Rumon hasn't drunk the poison?
(a) She abandons her plan.
(b) She reacts in a rage and hits Rumon.
(c) She get Cild to help her poison him a second time.
(d) She knocks him out with a huge candlestick.

13. Why do the Viking ships not go ashore and attack the Abbey?
(a) They lose their way.
(b) They are stopped by English fighters.
(c) The severe storm sinks the Vikings.
(d) They take thunder and a bolt of lightening as a sign that Thor is angry.

14. Why does Merewyn leave home?
(a) To be married.
(b) To visit her sister at the convent.
(c) She is making a pilgrimage to St. Gundred's Well at Roche.
(d) To go to the King's Court.

15. Where does Rumon say he wants to take Alfrida?
(a) He wants to take her to the convent.
(b) He want to take her to Court.
(c) He wants to take her to his bed.
(d) Away from her dreary castle and maybe to Ireland.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who insists that Ethelred go to the coronation?

2. Why does Rumon leave Alfrida's castle at noon and return to his own lodgings?

3. What does the Prior tell Rumon about Merewyn?

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

5. What is Breaca's dying wish?

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