Avalon Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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Avalon Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Edward wed?
(a) Edgive.
(b) Ordgara.
(c) Merewyn.
(d) Gunner's sister, Elgifu, daughter to the Earl of Yorkshire.

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

3. Who is Gunner?
(a) Queen Alfrida's new husband.
(b) King Edward's body Thane.
(c) One of the members of the Council.
(d) King Edward's brother-in-law.

4. How does the Archbishop feel about the Queen?
(a) He wished she would love him as much as he loves her.
(b) He loves her as much as all her subjects.
(c) He is struck by her beauty.
(d) He doesn't trust her.

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

6. What does Athelwald do after his report to the King?
(a) He disappears from Court and marries Ordgar's daughter himself.
(b) He is killed in battle with the Vikings.
(c) He asks the King's permission to marry the princess.
(d) He returns to Court and becomes the King's closest adviser.

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

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

9. 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 useless.
(c) That they are the holiest of men.
(d) That her son lives with them.

10. What does Rumon try to get from the monks?
(a) A blessing.
(b) The deed to the land that they stole from him.
(c) Some sort of aid for the house of Uther.
(d) All their gold.

11. What does King Edward ask Alfrida through Gunner?
(a) Would she marry Gunner.
(b) Would she kindly mind her own business.
(c) Why did you murder my father.
(d) Which property she would like as her Dower House.

12. Why does Rumon leave Alfrida's castle at noon and return to his own lodgings?
(a) To pack his things for his trip to Ireland.
(b) To reflect upon his good fortune.
(c) To don his best clothes in anticipation of his betrothal announcement to the King.
(d) To nap before the big party.

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

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

15. Who is Breaca?
(a) Rumon's aunt.
(b) Merewyn's mother.
(c) Merewyn's sister.
(d) Rumon's mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year does the story begin?

2. What other name is Romieux de Provence known by?

3. What does Alfrida do when she realizes Rumon hasn't drunk the poison?

4. What news does Gunnar bear?

5. Whom does the King summon shortly after Dunstan's and Rumon's discussion?

(see the answer keys)

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