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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who celebrates Edward's requiem mass?
(a) Archbishop Dunstan alone.
(b) Dunstan and Bishop Ethelwold.
(c) There is no mass. Edward is buried quickly.
(d) Bishop Ethelwold alone.

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

3. Why did the King dispatch Earl Athelwald of East Anglia to do?
(a) Murder Rumon.
(b) Bring an important message to Queen Edgive.
(c) Visit the daughter of Earl Ordgar on his behalf and report back her looks and behavior.
(d) Fight the Vikings.

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

5. Who is the King of England?
(a) King Dunstan.
(b) King Arthur.
(c) King Edgar.
(d) King Athelwald.

6. 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.

7. What kind of story is "Avalon?"
(a) An epic story.
(b) An autobiographical story.
(c) A historic story.
(d) A biographical story.

8. Who colonized Greenland?
(a) Eric the Red.
(b) Rumon.
(c) Lief Ericson.
(d) Langarfoss.

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

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

11. Where does Rumon take the Queen after the King's death?
(a) Back to her bower.
(b) To the chapel to pray.
(c) To his room.
(d) To the royal garden.

12. What did Dunstan attempt to do?
(a) Bring the masses to a Christian life.
(b) Marry Merewyn.
(c) Lead the Viking raids.
(d) Care for plague victims.

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

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

15. How long did Rumon stay at Glastonbury Abbey?
(a) One month.
(b) Two months.
(c) Two years.
(d) One year.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Edward die?

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

3. Who manipulates the council into wanting to crown King Edgar's choice?

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

5. What do those whom the King has summoned find when they arrive at Court?

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