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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How long ago did the King dispatch Earl Athelwald of East Anglia?
(a) 9 years earlier.
(b) 6 months ago.
(c) 1 week ago.
(d) 1 year ago.

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

4. When Merewyn sees Gunnar Thoredsson at the Abbey, how does he look?
(a) He has a beard that ages him slightly and the devotion that was once in his eyes is gone.
(b) He looks as if demons have possessed him.
(c) He looks sick and angry.
(d) He looks tired and sad.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Alfrida do to surprise Rumon shortly after Yuletide passes?

2. Why was Rumon sent to Glastonbury Abbey?

3. Who does Rumon see Alfrida give a cup to?

4. Who does Edward wed?

5. Why does Alfrida not want Ethelred to attend Edward's coronation?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Brother Finian.

2. How does Edward describe his love, Elgifu?

3. On the feast of the Assumption, how does Merewyn describe the Abbey's gardens as she sat in them beside Elfled on the well curb?

4. How has Merewyn changed since she first came to work for Alfrida in the Queen's Bower?

5. Why was the thought of Merewyn painful for Rumon as he talked to Dunstan outside his guesthouse rooms at Glastonbury Abbey?

6. How did Dunstan, Archbishop of Canterbury, look when Rumon first sees him?

7. What happened when Edward's body thane, Gunnar, is sent to Alfrida on Coronation Eve?

8. How does Elfled describe the dream she had to Merewyn while in Ramsey Abbey's garden on the feast of the Assumption?

9. Describe Merewyn when she first encounters Rumon.

10. When Bishop Ethelwold visited Abbess Merwinna, what did he say happened to Alfhere?

(see the answer keys)

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