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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. Who does Rumon see Alfrida give a cup to?
(a) Dunstan.
(b) Ethelred.
(c) Edward.
(d) Merewyn.

2. Why doesn't Rumon drink his draught?
(a) He did drink it.
(b) It was the wrong drink.
(c) It has a musty tang.
(d) He decided he wasn't thirsty.

3. Why is Gunnar disgusted when he goes to the Abbey?
(a) Because his sister, Elgifu, who was Edward's wife, is being given to Ethelred.
(b) He is feared by the sisters.
(c) He can't believe that he has found Merewyn in an abbey.
(d) He was treated badly by Alfrida.

4. How does Court refer to Alfrida after King Edgar dies?
(a) They don't refer to her as anything because they do not acknowledge her.
(b) Old Lady.
(c) The Witch.
(d) The former Queen.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Does Rumon drink the second poison?

2. What happens to make the Council want to crown King Edgar's choice to succeed him?

3. What does Merewyn hope her prayers will accomplish?

4. What did Athelwald tell the King about Earl Ordgar's daughter?

5. How does Rumon differentiate the Prior from the other monks?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Caw when he is first introduced in Chapter 1.

2. Is Breaca, Merewyn's mother, crazy as Rumon thinks she is when he meets her at the beginning of Chapter 2?

3. What does King Edgar look like when Rumon and Merewyn first encounter him?

4. How did Rumon decorated his rooms in the Glastonbury Abbey guesthouse during the 2 years he lived there?

5. When Merewyn arrives at the Great Hall of Lydford Castle, how does she describe it?

6. How does Edward describe his love, Elgifu?

7. How does Dunstan describe the scene that he came upon that led him to take Rumon to Glastonbury Abbey two weeks after the coronation?

8. Why did Rumon leave his homeland?

9. What kind of person is Earl Alfhere, Lord of all Mercia, when he is introduced in Chapter 3? What does he look like?

10. What did Rumon say to Merewyn in his letter that he sent to her at the Abbey?

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