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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. How does the Queen react to the King's decision as to whom he has chosen to succeed him?
(a) She is too upset at the King's dying to react.
(b) She is in shock.
(c) She stalks out of the room in a rage.
(d) She also gives her blessing.

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

3. Why does Queen Alfrida lose her status at Court?
(a) Because she treated Edward badly.
(b) Because she did not support his coronation.
(c) Because she is not a blood relation to Edward.
(d) Because she has already remarried.

4. Where is Rumon headed when he meets Merewyn?
(a) To the monks.
(b) To see his grandmother.
(c) To Court.
(d) Home.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Dunstan attempt to do?

2. When Rumon meets Breaca of Uther, what does he notices?

3. What is Dunstan suggesting to Rumon after his stay at Glastonbury Abbey?

4. Why doesn't Rumon drink his draught?

5. How does Court refer to Alfrida after King Edgar dies?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Alfrida consent to marry Rumon when he asked her again the day after Christmas?

2. Detail Rumon's vision at Tre-Uther.

3. How does Edward describe his love, Elgifu?

4. What happened between Alfrida and Alfhere when Alfhere burst into Alfrida's bower after he heard that Ethelred would not attend Edward's Coronation?

5. Describe Rumon's appearance when he first meets Merewyn.

6. Describe Brother Finian.

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

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

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

10. How did Alfrida act toward Edward in the beginning of Chapter 6?

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