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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who insists that Ethelred go to the coronation?
(a) Edward.
(b) Dunstan.
(c) Earl Alfhere.
(d) Ethelred.

2. With whom does Dunstan suggest that Rumon marry and have children?
(a) Ordgara.
(b) Edgive.
(c) Merewyn.
(d) Eneda.

3. Who presents Rumon to the King?
(a) Queen Alfrida.
(b) Merewyn.
(c) Queen Edgive.
(d) Archbishop Dunstan.

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

5. What happened to Breaca's family during the Viking attack?
(a) They were saved by the monks.
(b) They were kidnapped by the Vikings.
(c) Most were slaughtered.
(d) Their crops were ruined.

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

7. To whom does King Edgar give the thrown?
(a) Ethelred.
(b) His first born son, Edward.
(c) Alfrida.
(d) Rumon.

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

9. Who kneels throughout Edward's requiem mass in black homespun clothes?
(a) Rumon.
(b) Alfhere.
(c) Ethelred.
(d) Alfrida.

10. Who are the two main characters?
(a) Queen Edgive of Arles and King Edgar of England.
(b) Caw and Trig.
(c) Gundred of Roche and Breaca of Uther.
(d) Merewyn of Uther and Romieux de Provence.

11. What did the monks do when the Vikings attacked?
(a) They fought alongside Breaca and her family.
(b) They supplied weapons to the people to fight back.
(c) They hid.
(d) They hid Breaca and her family.

12. What does Alfrida do to surprise Edward shortly after Yuletide passes?
(a) She apologizes for not treating him properly when she became his stemother.
(b) She accepts the invitation to his upcoming wedding.
(c) She tell him that she is going to the convent.
(d) She tells him that she has always secretly loved him.

13. Why was Rumon sent to Glastonbury Abbey?
(a) He had a vision that told him he had to go there.
(b) He had to escape the romantic advances of Queen Alfrida.
(c) He was discovered locked in an embrace with Queen Alfrida.
(d) He had to deliver a message for the King.

14. Why does Sister Herluva run to find Merewyn?
(a) Merewyn is late for prayers.
(b) The sister has a message for Merewyn.
(c) The Abbess has taken a fainting spell and is asking for Merewyn.
(d) Merewyn has run away.

15. Who sent Rumon to Glastonbury Abbey?
(a) Queen Edgive.
(b) King Edgar.
(c) Queen Alfrida.
(d) Dunstan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Breaca of Uther tell Rumon about the monks?

2. What does Rumon try to get from the monks?

3. Where is Rumon headed when he meets Merewyn?

4. Who celebrates Edward's requiem mass?

5. How does Merewyn react to Rumon's betrothal?

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